The Connecticut Supreme Court vacated the murder conviction of Michael C. Skakel, who had been found guilty of killing a neighbor in 1975, when they were teenagers. The 4-to-3 ruling on Friday reversed a decision by the same court that less than two years ago had reinstated Mr. Skakel’s conviction. This time, the court said that Mr. Skakel’s lawyer, Michael Sherman, did not present evidence of an alibi. Mr. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of killing 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Conn., when he was also 15. Mr. Skakel, now 57, was not arrested until he was in his late 30s.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 22:07 UTC