Rhino
07-12-2006, 10:04 AM
Skakel Plans U.S. Supreme Court Appeal of Murder Conviction
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
STAMFORD, Conn. — Attorneys for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel said they planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn his murder conviction, saying his due process rights were violated because a statute of limitations had expired.
Skakel, 45, is serving 20 years to life for his 2002 conviction in the 1975 beating death of his Greenwich neighbor, Martha Moxley, when the two were teenagers.
Skakel appealed his conviction to the Connecticut Supreme Court last year, arguing that the five-year statute of limitations had expired when he was charged in 2000. The court unanimously rejected that appeal in January.
The Legislature eliminated the statute of limitations for murder in 1976. The Supreme Court ruled that because the Moxley murder occurred within a five-year window of that legislation, the change applied to his crime........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203132,00.html
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
STAMFORD, Conn. — Attorneys for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel said they planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn his murder conviction, saying his due process rights were violated because a statute of limitations had expired.
Skakel, 45, is serving 20 years to life for his 2002 conviction in the 1975 beating death of his Greenwich neighbor, Martha Moxley, when the two were teenagers.
Skakel appealed his conviction to the Connecticut Supreme Court last year, arguing that the five-year statute of limitations had expired when he was charged in 2000. The court unanimously rejected that appeal in January.
The Legislature eliminated the statute of limitations for murder in 1976. The Supreme Court ruled that because the Moxley murder occurred within a five-year window of that legislation, the change applied to his crime........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203132,00.html