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The Independent UK
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Martha McHardy

Kennedy cousin sues Connecticut town after spending 10 years in prison for wrongful conviction

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Kennedy family cousin Michael Skakel is suing a Connecticut town after spending ten years in prison for a wrongful conviction.

In a new lawsuit, Mr Skakel alleges authorities withheld evidence leading to his imprisonment for more than a decade after his wrongful conviction for the murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in 1975 in Connecticut.

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