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>> good evening. i'm erin burnet. we begin with breaking news. a kennedy family cousin free. his murder conviction overcurrented. michael skakel, a nephew of robert and ethel kennedy, was convicted in 2002 for the 1975 murder of his teenage neighbor, martha moxley. a judge has overturned it. skakel's attorney did not adequately represent him. overturning a conviction from 2002 for a crime that was -- my math right, 38 years old. how often does this happen? >> shocking. i can't say it is unprecedented. sometimes in death penalty cases you see a result like this but it is very, very rare. almost...

Treatment for the kennedys. you are looking at this case. two classmates, two of skakel's former classmates testified to them i'm going to get away with murder, i'm a kennedy. patrick kennedy, congressman, 2006, crashed into barrier on capitol hill. nothing happened. not prosecuted for driving drunk. ted kennedy never stood trial for the death of mary jo for were chappaquiddick. william kennedy smith acquitted of rape. >> i know the public thinks this is the case. with respect to mary jo and that death i think the kennedys got special treatment then. it was of different age. the other case, wi...