and the culprit, the murder, he said but michael skakel. ective furman. >> investigators were coming to the same conclusion, they said 15-year-old michael was inf infatuated with michael, jealous of her friendship with tommy and obsessed with her murder. by now michael was sober and helping others with recovery. but people from his difficult past were coming forward, telling investigators, michael admitted he had done it. >> over the years, he made confessions to multiple people. he made incriminating stations to multiple people. i might have done, i could have done it, i don't remember. >> 25 years after that terrible night, police arrested michael skakel. >> did you think police had the right ma >> i had been talking to the police constantly, i had been talking to reporters. i was prepared and ready. fact that michael skakel was the guy who killed your daughter, or were you just ready for somebody to be charged. >> dominick dunne called me one morning and said dorothy, i know who killed martha. it was michael. >> the case of martha moxley

new knew her. >> he was a suspect but michael skakel was never a suspect. enny littleton was the tutor. tommy skakel was the suspect because he was the last person to see her alive but there's no evidence he did this. >> rose: what's happened to michael skakel? >> michael was released two and a half years ago. he's living in bedford, new york with an elderly aunt who he cares for. he wears a gps bracelet. the state has appealed his release. it's now about a six-judge panel in the supreme court of the state of connecticut. if the court reversed the lower court decision he'll go back to jail and serve his 25 to years sentence and if the court upholds it they'll have to decide to reprosecute skakel or the people who did the crime. >> rose: when will they make that decision? >> they won't make it until after the supreme court makes its determination of whether or not the lower court was correct. >> rose: great it see you. robert kennedy jr. thank you for joining us. see you next time. for more about the program and early episodes visit online at pps.org and char

has written a new book called "framed" why michael skakel spent over a decade in prison for a murder ays the -- the book says skakel is completely innocent. i talked with mr. kennedy earlier this week. >> so i don't want to adjudicate the case on television that's not fair. i do want to get into the fact that the connecticut supreme court will make a decision on whether there is a new trial for michael skakel any time now, do you have any heads up on that. >> no. could be as long as cob two weeks. >> you don't know but. if they say no new trial then skakel goes back. >> he would go back. michael served 11 and a half years on a 25 to life sentence. if they overrule that michael goes back to jail. if they uphold it, then the prosecutor has to decide whether to retry the guys that i found were the real killers. >> what i found fascinating about your book was that you and your cousin, michael skakel weren't exactly friends when this whole thing went down; is that correct? >> we were friends in the early 1980s. we were very close. we both got sober at the same time. but, our friendship det

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michael skakel is a kennedy cousin.ge ruled he didn't get an adequate defense. now prosecutors trying to have that conviction reinstated. but his cousin, robert kennedy jr., is out with an explosive new book today called "framed," why michael skakel spent over a decade in prison for a murder he didn't commit. in the book, kennedy, a former prosecutor, lays out the case why his cousin couldn't have killed martha moxley that night. kennedy says i shouldn't take his word for it, i should look at the facts. >> what i believe is completely irrelevant. you know, people should not trust what i believe. i have a relationship with michael. i strongly believe that he's innocent. that belief should not persuade anybody that he is innocent. what people should be persuaded by is the facts and that's been one of the pitfalls of this epic story from the beginning. this story, particularly for journalists, was "too good to fact check." >> skakel was convicted in part based on evidence that over the years his story changed and statement