Skakel Wants Another Chance At New Trial

Michael Skakel is making another bid for freedom.

Lawyers for the Kennedy cousin have asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of an appeal of his conviction for the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley.

Skakel was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder in 2002.

Prosecutors say Skakel beat Moxley, then 15, with a golf club in Greenwich where the two were neighbors.

On April 12, the court ruled 4-1 against Skakel's bid for a new trial, saying a claim that two other men committed the murder was not credible.

Skakel's attorneys want all seven State Supreme Court Justices to reconsider the appeal.

A state's attorney says she will respond to the appeal in court.

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