On the night before Halloween, 1975, cute 15-year-old Martha Moxley of Greenwich, CT, went out for an evening of pranks. She was found the next morning in her back year, beaten to death.
To be precise, she had been beaten to death with a golf club--a 6 iron.
Years went by--20 of them--before anyone answered for this senseless crime.
Convicted in 2002 was Michael Skakel, age 15 at the time of the killing. Skakel was a troubled overprivileged child and a relation of the Kennedy family. He, like Moxley, lived in the posh gated community of Belle Haven within Greenwich.
The spoiled Skakel, known for having a foul temper, had done poorly in school, possibly due to dyslexia. The precise reason for the murder remains a mystery. Skakel received a 20-year sentence.
During the years prior to his trial, he had been a competitive skiier, had finished college and had married and divorced.
That justice was so long delayed made Moxley a victim of a legal system that, good as it is overall, remains distinctly slanted to the benefit of the wealthy and well connected.
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