Framed: Why Michael Skakel Spent Over a Decade in Prison For a Murder He Didn't Commit

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by Robert F. Kennedy


  fame, lust, 220–221

  fees, deduction (avoidance), 233

  How Can You Defend Those People?, 220

  inconsistencies, 67

  indifference/recklessness, 224

  ineptness, 210

  interlocutory appeal, failure, 226–227

  jury selection, skimping, 217–218

  Kavanewesky chiding, 228

  lead, pursuit (absence), 31

  life, background, 220–221

  memory manipulation, expert examination (usage failure), 231–232

  Morganti sketch copy, obtaining (failure), 227–228

  non-family alibi witness, production (failure), 230–231

  objections, absence, 33–34

  Rucky hiring, 222

  self-interest, 226–227

  Skakel family

  payments, 215

  perception, 225

  skepticism, 225–226

  Skakel prison visit, 234–235

  summation, failure, 232–233

  third-party culpability defense, weakness, 231

  trial incompetence, 60

  Vegas arrival, 223–224

  witness nonpreparation, 229–230

  Siegan, Chuck, 189, 190, 194, 200

  Simpson, Nicole Brown, 175

  Simpson, O.J., 15, 17, 22, 157, 163–164, 175, 221, 224

  acquittal, 19, 167, 186

  defense, success, 216

  Skakel, Anne Reynolds, 4, 78–79

  brain cancer, 83–84

  Skakel brothers, devilments (price), 44

  Skakel children, 40–41

  Lunney/Brosko interviews, 87

  perjury, possibility, 25–26

  police interviews, 12–13

  Sheridan perspective/impact, 136–137

  Skakel conspiracy, theory, 173–174

  Skakel, David, 3, 12, 101

  testimony, 8–9

  Skakel estate

  chipping range, 249–250

  description, 39–40

  Lunney searches, 87

  Skakel family

  Garr pursuit/hatred, 179

  Kennedy family, gulf, 35–36

  Skakel, George, 36–39, 42

  death, impact, 82, 84

  Skakel, George Henry, 273

  birth, 50–51

  Skakel, Jimmy, 40

  Great Lakes Carbon management, 44–45

  Skakel, John, 3, 101

  hypnosis, usage, 9

  testimony, Benedict (attack), 229–230

  Skakel, Jr., George, 42–43

  Skakel, Jr., Rush, 3–5, 101

  departure, 5–6

  drunkeness, 9

  Skakel, Julie, 3, 29

  Andrea dropoff, 253–254

  hypnosis, usage, 6–7, 9–10, 64–65

  Kennedy perspective, 43–44

  Moxley pre-dawn meeting, 64–66

  perjury, 174

  shadow sighting, 6, 88

  Skakel, Michael, 3

  academic problems, 135

  account, Dowdle confirmation, 13

  appeal, denial, 275–276

  arrest, 133

  commotion, 9–10

  confession, absence, 16

  darkness, fear, 10–11

  DNA samples, offer, 60–61

  drug treatment program, post-traumatic stress syndrome, 15

  dyslexia, 134–135

  Élan School beatings, 142–143

  Élan School confessions, fabrication, 189–194

  freedom, 276–277

  Fuhrman blame, 167–168

  habeas corpus appeal, 24, 102, 231

  habeas corpus hearing/trial, 4, 13, 25, 194, 210, 228

  Hoffman interviews, 15, 32

  indictment, 171

  innocence, Murphy/Krebs belief, 148–149

  Kennedy brothers, falling out, 50

  Kennedy cousin, falsehood, 35

  Kennedy knowledge, 15

  life, improvement, 46–47

  masturbation, Lee testimony, 31

  murder admission, voice (usage), 31–32

  murder suspect, public focus, 14–15

  police surrender, 125–126

  post-Moxley murder behavior, 128–129

  post-prison rehabilitation, 277–278

  post-traumatic stress syndrome, 15, 100

  post-trial evidence, accumulation, 267

  prison

  release, 276–277

  Sherman visit, 234–235

  prosecutorial disparagements, falsehoods, 49

  release, habeas corpus petition, 240

  Santos/Seeley appeal, filing, 273–274

  sentencing, 273

  Sheridan, impact, 136, 142–146, 154

  sobriety, 47–48

  sodium amytal test, 152

  Sursum Corda location, non-family alibi witness (Sherman production failure), 230–231

  tapes, Garr illegal seizure/leak, 15, 17

  trial, 15–16

  exculpatory evidence, prosecution team illegal concealment, 274–275

  five-year statute of limitations violation, 227, 274

  whereabouts (Solomon report), Sherman nonusage, 228

  Skakel, Pat, 45, 46, 129

  Skakel, Sr., Rushton “Rucky,” 4, 24–25

  anger/beatings, impact, 83–85

  consent-to-search form/access, approval, 87

  cooperation, Carroll perspective, 86

  cover-up, mastermind, 26

  death, 154–155

  frontal lobe dementia, 152–153

  Great Lakes Carbon management, 44–45

  Ix friendship, 81–82

  Sheridan, impact, 82–83

  Skakel, Stephen, 3, 75

  relief efforts, 100, 219

  Skakel, Tommy, 3, 17

  alibi provision, Littleton (impact), 102–103

  behavior, medical explanation, 85–86

  Carroll/Lunney pressure, 91–92

  childhood bullying, 100

  children/marriage, trial (impact), 102

  DNA samples, offer, 60–61

  innocence, Garr/Benedict belief, 101–102

  Krebs interview, 98–99

  Lesse psychological exams, Rucky request, 94

  life, ruin, 271

  Lunney, impact, 95–96

  murderer, Dunne accusation, 18

  polygraph, 90–91

  psychological profile, police request, 93–94

  sodium pentothal interview, request, 93–94

  Smith, Liz, 159

  Smith, Steve, 42, 168–169

  Smith, William Kennedy, 18, 34, 115, 159

  Solomon, Jack, 18, 95, 113, 166

  binder/report, Skakel whereabouts (confirmation), 228

  Sherman contact, 228

  Sherman cross-examination, 228

  Time Lapse Data report, 120

  Spitz, Werner, 7, 28

  Sproul, Gloria, 80

  Stahl, Leslie, 34

  Statute of limitations, violation, 227, 274

  Steele, Kris, 259–260

  Stolman, Abraham, 60

  Subway Barbershop, 203

  Summation, Sherman failure, 232–233

  Sursum Corda, 5–6, 92, 168

  alibi, 26

  brothers, exit/return, 9, 29

  Michael Skakel, exit, 22, 24

  Sutton Associates

  founding, 58

  investigation, cessation, 69

  Rucky payments, 144

  Skakel Sr. hiring, 5–6, 24–25

  Sutton Report, commission, 145–146

  worst-case scenario, 175

  Sweeney, John, 156

  NRDC strategy session, 205–206

  Sweeney, Margaret “Nanny,” 9, 24, 85, 117

  T

  Taccetta, Marty, 216

  Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination, The (Younger), 14, 215

  Terrien, Georgeann, 5, 92

  Terrien, James, 25

  Terrien, Paul, 161

  Testimony with benefits, 20

  Teutenber
g, Bill, 196

  Thim, George, 170, 175, 197, 229

  Third-party culpability defense, Sherman weakness, 231

  Throne, Jason, 174, 216, 218

  Tinsley, Burton “Burr,” 240–243, 246

  control, loss, 252–253, 257

  Fifth Amendment, 262

  golf clubs, selection/usage, 250–251

  Kennedy conversation, 260–262

  life, background, 260

  meeting, impossibility, 262

  memories, intricacy, 261

  Mischief Night, 248–249

  statements, damage, 254–255

  swagger, 254–255

  Tirado, Theresa

  Carroll interview, 63–64

  search, 216–217

  Toney Penna 4 iron

  murder weapon, 89

  stress testing, 216–217

  Tripp, Linda, 165

  Tucciarone, Matthew, 203

  credibility, absence, 204

  Tyner, Janet, 268

  U

  Udvardy, Mike, 262–263

  U.S. Supreme Court, Brady decision, 171

  V

  Van Susteren, Greta, 222

  Vaziri, Hossein, 220

  Verocchi, Marissa, 181–182, 185

  Vinci, Will, 153–154

  von Bulow, Claus, 157

  Vrechek, Nancy, 64–65

  W

  Walker, Jean, 56–57

  Walker, Margie, 79, 80, 240

  Byrne coal chute description, 265

  story, 243

  Walker, Mort, 240

  Walker, Neal, 79, 85, 104, 240–247, 259

  Adolph/Burr, meeting, 242

  Tinsley knowledge, 261

  Weicker, Gary, 71

  Weicker, Lowell, 71

  Weitzen, Hyman, 172

  Werner, Lou, 44

  Wetenhall, Jackie, 4, 5, 58, 80

  Wetenhall, Jane, 58

  Whitby School, 92–93

  Whitcomb, Richard, 109–110

  Wiggins, Mike, 200

  Windham conspiracy, 26–27

  Witnesses

  Garr threats/intimidation/bribery, 274–275

  Witnesses, Sherman nonpreparation, 229–230

  Wittine, Franz “Frank,” 3, 24, 77, 174, 231

  attacks/molestations, 78

  background/thefts, 77–78

  job, quitting, 80

  Mischief Night activities, police questioning, 79–80

  polygraph test, 80

  statement, 79

  Wittine, Paula, 77–78, 80

  Wold, Carl, 270

  Wold, Jean, 57

  Wood, Brian (Sherman challenge, absence), 218

  Y

  Yard, sports clutter, 79

  Z

  Zador, George, 71

  Zicarelli, Larry, 201–202

  credibility, absence, 204

  Ziluca children, Lunney questioning, 75

  Ziluca, Gina, 76

  Ziluca, Nancy, 75

  Ziluca, Peter, 69, 73–74, 126, 231

  addiction, impact, 74–75

  Coomaraswamy description, 73–74

  Mischief Night absence, 75–76

  Moxley girlfriend, emotional/psychic investment, 74

  person of interest, 74

  problems/arrests, 76

  Zock (Australian shepherd)

  barking, 8, 28–31, 98

  Zicarelli gun threat, 202

  Zoito, Joseph, 110

 

 

 


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