Claims witness at his murder trial would have been discredited
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyers have filed a new appeal of his murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide them with evidence that pointed to another suspect and discredited a key state witness.
The motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Haven seeks a hearing and the setting of bail. A judge has not ruled on the requests.
A state jury convicted Skakel in 2002 of killing 15-year-old Martha Moxley in their Greenwich neighborhood in 1975. He's serving 20 years to life in prison.
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