Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not receive a reduction of his prison sentence for the 1975 murder of a Connecticut neighbor, according to WCVB Boston:
A three-judge panel rejected Skakel's request in a decision obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The panel said there was nothing inappropriate or disproportionate about the sentence.
The panel quoted the sentencing court calling the crime serious, the effect on the victim and her family "supreme" and saying Skakel has been living a lie for 25 years.
A nephew of the late Robert F. Kennedy’s widow Ethel, Skakel is currently serving 20 years to life. He was arrested in 2000 for the murder of Martha Moxley when both were 15-years-old.