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February 26, 2007

Skakel tries to compel witness to testify

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is trying to compel a Florida man to testify about his claim implicating two friends in the 1975 murder that sent Skakel to prison in 2002.

Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, is seeking a new trial based on a claim by Gitano "Tony" Bryant, who implicated his friends in the killing of 15-year-old Martha Moxley. Skakel, 47, was convicted of bludgeoning Moxley to death with a golf club in 1975 and is serving 20 years to life in prison.

Read the full Associated Press story.

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