Word: moxley
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After six days of testimony in the sensational trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, charged with the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley, the prosecution appears to be struggling. A number of witnesses called by prosecutor Jonathan Benedict have not offered conclusive proof of Skakel's alleged guilt, and some may have even aided the defense in the minds of the jury members...
...might have portrayed him as the possible killer and raise doubt about the supposed guilt of Michael. Thomas's lawyer, Emmanuel Margolis was even concerned about self-incrimination. "I was beginning to weigh the possibility of pleading the Fifth Amendment" for his client, the last person to see Moxley alive...
...difficult case to prove. There is no direct physical evidence, such as blood or semen, linking Skakel to the murder. After so many years, memories have faded and recollections offered by witnesses have repeatedly contradicted old statements given to police. And, while only one man is charged with Moxley's murder, there are three suspects...
...murderer during a drunken blackout. Prosecutors fought to suppress the testimony but Judge John Kavanewsky has allowed most of it. Attempting to debunk Littleton's "confession", Benedict yesterday had Baker read a 98-page transcript of the hotel room conversation, in which Littleton repeatedly denies he killed Moxley...
...Baker told the judge on Friday that she was surprised when investigators turned up at her Ottawa, Canada, home and told her Littleton was a suspect in the killing. She said she agreed to wear the recording device and help them because it would "bring closure" to the Moxley family. "For me, it felt like the right thing to do," she said...