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In a decision certain to start new debate about a notorious, old crime, a divided state Supreme Court abruptly reversed itself Friday, overturning Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's conviction for the murder of his friend Martha Moxley a half century ago, when the two were 15-year-old neighbors in an exclusive Greenwich, Conn., community.
In a decision certain to start new debate about a notorious, old crime, a divided state Supreme Court abruptly reversed itself Friday, overturning Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's conviction for the murder of his friend Martha Moxley a half century ago, when the two were 15-year-old neighbors in an exclusive Greenwich, Conn., community.
Thanks for the link, CA. I think Sherman's work on this case was absolutely dreadful, for a number of reasons. As someone mentioned earlier, the most egregious mistake was not pursuing the obvious defense and pointing the finger at Tommy. Common sense would dictate that Sherman track down everyone who was known to be in the Dowdle house that night and take statements from all of them. He should've recognized from the GJ testimony that Georgeann was there with someone else. Sherman never talked to Ossorio, who would have been much more valuable as a "disinterested" witness with no connection to the family. He should have, but he didn't.
That being said, according to the article, Sherman swore in the appeal hearing that others in the house never mentioned Ossorio being there, despite being asked multiple times about other potential witnesses. Second, if Ossorio actually saw/talked to Skakel that night and could provide an alibi for him, why didn't he come forward at the time of trial? I'm assuming he made no attempt to contact Sherman. Why did we only hear about Ossorio so many years later? It's hard for me to agree that Sherman's counsel was ineffective based on this issue alone.
I don't think there's a family gene. I believe we choose what and who we encounter in life and that nothing should shock us ever. We choose what we want to go through and what we think will advance humanity by our actions. And, we choose who surrounds us in this life to help everyone be better.
I don't think there's a family gene. I believe we choose what and who we encounter in life and that nothing should shock us ever.
Agreed. Read about the Skakel family (Michael's aunt, Ethel Skakel, is Bobby Kennedy's widow). These were entitled children who were brought up to deflect blame and take no consequences for their behavior. No surprise that Michael Skakel and his brother are less than honest and made poor choices in their lives.
I was just thinking about this the other day.
And now to me, it's so obvious he did it. The murder weapon is from his house. The only other person is his brother who is super quiet about it all. Michael has always had issues. A big, hormonal teenage boy with issues was jealous and got mad at her. He says he masturbated in a tree. What a stupid thing to say...unless you need a story to cover up why your DNA might be present.
Years later, for me now, so obvious.
Just when I think they have nothing more to say on this, they put on another update. I guess now they are reading her diary. It's clear that ONE of those Skakel boys did it. I would say you could get reasonable doubt because both of them seem to be possible suspects. I would have said Michael is the more likely one because he wrote the book proposal.
Does anyone think Michael would have gotten two cracks at overturning his conviction had he not been a Kennedy?
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