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Judge orders new trial for Kennedy nephew Michael Skakel, convicted of 1975 teen girl slay

By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News

A Connecticut judge Wednesday ordered a retrial for Michael Skakel — a nephew of the late Robert F. Kennedy — who was convicted more than a decade ago in the 1975 murder of his teenage neighbor.

Judge Thomas Bishop ruled that Skakel's attorney did not sufficiently represent him when he was convicted in 2002 of bludgeoning Martha Moxley to death when they were both 15-year-olds in tony Greenwich, Conn., according to the Associated Press.

Skakel is the nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, as the son of her brother Rushton Skakel.

He has repeatedly and unsuccessfully appealed his conviction in the gruesome murder. He is currently serving 20 years to life behind bars.

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