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28. I hope they won't bother with another trial. Between the lack of forensic or eyewitness evidence,

Sat May 5, 2018, 12:40 AM

May 2018

and the presence of a disinterested alibi witness, and the logic problems (e.g., how a 120 boy dragged or carried a 120 pound body almost a hundred yards), I think they're going to have trouble finding guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Connecticut court reverses conviction of Michael Skakel [View all] pnwmom May 2018 OP

My wife and I disagree on this - she thinks he did it, I think he was railroaded. George II May 2018 #1

I'm not saying this about your wife, of course, but I think a lot of the guilters pnwmom May 2018 #2

The Skakels were Kennedy wanna be s... jodymarie aimee May 2018 #6

Michael Kennedy was a child.n/t pnwmom May 2018 #7

He was 15 and already in trouble. Demsrule86 May 2018 #61

Who else could it be? There were lots of people around that night, but how about pnwmom May 2018 #67

Yeah they tried to convince the cops the tutor did it...but there was never any evidence... Demsrule86 May 2018 #73

That's what I told her about 15 minutes ago. The thing is he's not even a real "Kennedy".... George II May 2018 #8

That's true. He was a cousin in Ethel's family. n/t pnwmom May 2018 #21

Love the Kennedys, still think Skankel is guilty as hell. Also think that twelve years is enough.... marble falls May 2018 #40

There is truth in that...had he been caught at the time...I doubt he would have spent that long in Demsrule86 May 2018 #62

Most likely true. All that waste, starting with the victim, dodging justice. marble falls May 2018 #82

The family stonewalled...and I can't blame them...I don't think I would ever turn in one of my kids Demsrule86 May 2018 #83

I don't know that I would turn them in past hiring an attorney who would then... marble falls May 2018 #85

It had to be either a Skakel or the tutor... Demsrule86 May 2018 #86

I think they maybemighthavepossibly gotten the wrong Skakel. One out of five chance. marble falls May 2018 #87

Yes. And yet some guilters here have been acting like they're interchangeable. pnwmom May 2018 #89

That attitude just plain wrong. That is not justice. marble falls May 2018 #95

The two boys were the proper age...the older one passed a lie detector test. Demsrule86 May 2018 #94

But, lie detectors. marble falls May 2018 #96

Littleton, the tutor, FAILED multiple polygraph tests. pnwmom May 2018 #97

You can't go by that...the family and police wanted it to be him...but he was seen at the time the Demsrule86 May 2018 #98

He didn't dodge justice. The system failed and he spent 12 years in prison pnwmom May 2018 #88

I am a Kennedy fan...love Joe III in fact. I think he is guilty. Demsrule86 May 2018 #52

He's just another wealthy white male .. MicaelS May 2018 #16

He was a 15 year old who wasn't given a fair shake pnwmom May 2018 #29

Those two views aren't inconsistent. Jim Lane May 2018 #45

Between the alibi witness, the white hair with the root on the body, pnwmom May 2018 #50

I thought myself when I read this that although I think he is guilty maybe he didn't receive a Demsrule86 May 2018 #63

And shouldn't that be the most important thing to all of us? pnwmom May 2018 #90

I am not saying it is not important...but I do think he is guilty...and maybe with modern forensics, Demsrule86 May 2018 #93

Wasn't he 15 juxtaposed May 2018 #3

yup jodymarie aimee May 2018 #5

Once. George II May 2018 #10

Only the littlest bit snippy. marble falls May 2018 #41

Ok, correction noted. But he was a skinny kid -- the size of my 12 year olds. n/t pnwmom May 2018 #9

you guys have to do some research jodymarie aimee May 2018 #11

who is the "boy" you're referring to onetexan May 2018 #12

Tommy and Michael SKAKEL jodymarie aimee May 2018 #13

You should look stuff up before you post. Michael was a scrawny 120 pound kid. pnwmom May 2018 #15

You should do some research. The fifteen year old didn't wield that golf club. pnwmom May 2018 #14

post a link of a 15 year old kennedy being the size of a 12 year old juxtaposed May 2018 #17

Skakel (who wasn't a Kennedy) was 120 pounds at 15. When I was 12, I was 5 feet 6 and 120 pounds. pnwmom May 2018 #18

post a link to how much she weighed juxtaposed May 2018 #19

She was 5 feet 5 and 120 pounds. So they were about the same size. pnwmom May 2018 #20

Skakel, not Kennedy dflprincess May 2018 #26

Just don't know about this guy. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #4

Let's not forget who was pushing this conviction. dawn frenzy adams May 2018 #22

Right. Also, I doubt if he wasn't connected to the Kennedys that there would have been pnwmom May 2018 #23

Skakel was suspected long before Furhman's book melman May 2018 #30

Martha's mother and brother believed the evidence they heard at the trial, pnwmom May 2018 #39

So you know what they think and exactly why melman May 2018 #47

They don't know anything more about what really happened than anyone else pnwmom May 2018 #48

BS. marble falls May 2018 #42

He is said to have confessed during his 4th and 5th steps in Alcoholics Anonymous. Lil Missy May 2018 #24

No, it was not alleged that he confessed in AA. pnwmom May 2018 #25

You left out the part about where he claimed he was masturbating in the tree melman May 2018 #33

So? That was connected to one of the most ridiculous prosecution claims: pnwmom May 2018 #34

So? melman May 2018 #37

It's irrelevant. Masturbating in a tree isn't murder, and it doesn't place him at the scene. pnwmom May 2018 #38

Thats not so hard as you'd think. Dragging, especialy. marble falls May 2018 #43

Does it really matter? Bradical79 May 2018 #99

No it doesn't. 12 years in jail is enough, innocent or guilty. There is no way at this point to ... marble falls May 2018 #100

I could not have convicted him on the evidence presented JenniferJuniper May 2018 #27

I hope they won't bother with another trial. Between the lack of forensic or eyewitness evidence, pnwmom May 2018 #28

They will almost certainly try him again melman May 2018 #31

LOL. Not if they have any sense. pnwmom May 2018 #32

lol nothing melman May 2018 #35

Then you know about Dominick Dunne's unhinged campaign to influence public opinion pnwmom May 2018 #36

Twelve years in prison is enough for the crime. Its is time to move on. marble falls May 2018 #44

What? He beat a girl to death with a gulf club...and confessed multiple times in various places. Demsrule86 May 2018 #46

He didn't confess. At the most he said he didn't remember and he couldn't pnwmom May 2018 #49

They first suspected his brother. The golf club came from the house...it was because He confessed Demsrule86 May 2018 #51

He didn't confess. There was some hearsay evidence that was paraphrased pnwmom May 2018 #54

I am talking about before that... Demsrule86 May 2018 #55

The school's owner denied that the "confession" had occurred, pnwmom May 2018 #57

Actually, he refused to testify about it...and I don't trust him. You have to understand Demsrule86 May 2018 #58

I lived in a neighboring state and understand the culture. pnwmom May 2018 #59

This has nothing to do with the Kennedys ...the Skakels hads a bad reputation even when Ethel Demsrule86 May 2018 #60

It didn't have to be a Skakel. Lots of people had access to the golf clubs in the open garage. pnwmom May 2018 #64

Yeah they tried to pin it on the tutor. do you think a stranger would not have been noticed? Demsrule86 May 2018 #66

The tutor lived on the property. And he told the state investigator pnwmom May 2018 #68

No melman May 2018 #72

Yes. The reason Littleton was called to testify is because FIRST he told the state investigator pnwmom May 2018 #76

There is more to that actually... Demsrule86 May 2018 #75

The white hair with the root on her body does NOT point to a kid murderer. pnwmom May 2018 #81

She was found in an empty lot ...which was frequented by what passes for criminals in Greenwich... Demsrule86 May 2018 #84

Somebody clue me in. Cold War Spook May 2018 #53

He was tried at 40. Demsrule86 May 2018 #65

Under the circumstances, I'm glad of this decision, PNW, Hortensis May 2018 #56

No new DNA evidence but a disinterested alibi witness who wasn't interviewed for the first trial. n/ pnwmom May 2018 #69

Yes, that's huge and sickeningly outrageous. Hortensis May 2018 #70

It was a lazy or incompetent attorney. He didn't notice that in the Grand Jury transcript pnwmom May 2018 #71

Where was the judge in this? They're supposed Hortensis May 2018 #74

This was not a unanimous decision, btw melman May 2018 #77

Doesn't matter. It's over. The majority disagreed, and this opinion will benefit pnwmom May 2018 #80

Dorthy Moxley: "I have no doubts at all that Michael Skakel is the one who murdered my daughter" melman May 2018 #78

She's thought so ever since the first trial. It means nothing. Meredith Kercher's parents pnwmom May 2018 #79

If anyone still thinks Skakel did it . . . ucrdem May 2018 #91

Thanks for pointing that out. I'd read the article long ago and forgotten that detail. pnwmom May 2018 #92

It's an awesome article ucrdem May 2018 #101

In 1998, Richard Blumenthal was the CY AG and he is well respected. karynnj May 2018 #102