美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-28

 I'm Sunday Guptay filling for Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the 360 podcast. We've got a 360 exclusive. Robert Kennedy Junior on the judge studying the decision overturn his cousin's murder conviction and killing² what's rock the American's royal family. Let's get started.

 

The last time, 15-year-old murder Moxiey was seen alive was the night before Halloween in Oct 1975. She went to a party with friends that night and was seen flirting³ with 17-year-old Thomas Skagel, nephew to Ethel Kennedy. She never returned home. The next day, Moxiey's body was found in her yard in G., Connecticut, blugged and stabbed to death by a broken golf club that was found near her body. That club was traced back to the Skagel home but no fingerprints⁴ were found.  

 

"They hit her so hard that the golf club broke and then they took the shaft⁵ and they stabbed her with them 6 or 7 times."  

 

Suspicion immediately fell on Thomas Skagel, the last person seen with Moxiey the night of the party. Another suspect was Ken¹ Littletim, a Skagel tutor who moved in with the family the day of the murder but police never charged either them citing a lack of evidence. For 2 decades, the case languished⁶. A series of books on the high profile crime renewed interest and led to new tips and a new suspect in Jan of 2000, 40-year-old Michael Skagel, Thomas Skagel's little brother. Michael was also 15 at the time of the crime which meant 25 years later, he was charged as a juvenile⁷. He turned himself into the police after an arrest warrant was issued. All the while proclaiming his innocence⁸.

 

"To my knowledge that's no physical evidence. There's no DNA⁹ evidence. There's no scientific evidence or anything that links Michael Skagel to this crime."   

 

Despite that, a number of witnesses placed him at the crime scene the night of murder. 2 witnesses testified they heard Skagel boasting he can get away with murder because he was a Kennedy. Prosecutors¹⁰ claimed Michael Skagel was jealous at his older brother's relationship with Moxiey and killed the girl in a jealous rage. A charge that he denied. The judge eventually ruled Michael Skagel should be tried as an adult.

 

"Everyone assumes he's guilty. He's been arrested. He's this Kennedy cousin. These books, these movies, there's a lot of spin, a lot of disinformation and no one really knows the story. The jury trial would expose the evidence to the public."                

 

The trial began in 2002, Skakel was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years to life for Moxiey 's murder.

 

"I can't give up. Mursa was... And yeah, she was very special. I had two children and to lose one was a major, major thing, and I'm just not going to give up."

 

D., CNN, New York.

1 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

4 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 shaft   

n.(工具的)柄，杆状物

参考例句：

• He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
• This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

6 languished   

长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 )； 受折磨； 变得（越来越）衰弱； 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐

参考例句：

• Our project languished during the holidays. 我们的计划在假期间推动得松懈了。
• He languished after his dog died. 他狗死之后，人憔悴了。

7 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

8 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

9 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

10 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。