UPDATE: 3PM EDT -- DENIED! Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was denied a bid for freedom Wednesday at his first parole hearing since he was convicted a decade ago of killing his neighbor in 1975. Skakel, who proclaimed his innocence at the hearing, nodded after the three-person parole board read the unanimous decision. He will next be eligible for parole in 2017
PREVIOUSLY: BOBBY KENNEDY, JR implores parole board to free convicted cousin MICHAEL SKAKEL who bludgeoned a 15 year-old girl to death with a golf club!
A parole board in Suffield, Connecticut Wednesday will read a letter penned by Robert F. Kennedy, saying his cousin Michael Skakel should be released from prison 10 years after he was convicted in the 1975 bludgeoning of a 15-year-old girl with a golf club, RadarOnline.com reported.