Michael Skakel listens to Judge Trial Referee Thomas Bishop's ruling during a hearing in Rockville Superior court Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Vernon, Conn., to determine if he can be released while awaiting a new trial in the 1975 slaying of neighbor Martha Moxley. Judge Thomas Bishop ordered a new trial for Skakel last month, saying his trial attorney, Michael Sherman, failed to adequately represent him in 2002 when Skakel was found guilty. The judge said Skakel cannot be released immediately while he awaits a new trial, but he did lift a stay, which could clear the way for Skakel to seek bail later. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham, Pool)With the aid of Richard Weizel MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel might walk out of Stamford Advanced Court docket a free man on Thursday after spending the prior 11 years in prison for the 1975 homicide of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut. Prosecutors mentioned their simplest possibility on Thursday shall be to argue the stipulations of Skakel's liberate as he awaits a brand new trial for the murder of Martha Moxley. Bridgeport State's Lawyer John Smriga mentioned prosecutors are interesting a choose's choice closing month to overturn the conviction, but all they may be able to do at Thursday's listening to is present their request for prerequisites of bail. Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Kennedy and slain U.S. senator Robert Kennedy, was once granted a brand new trial through Sophisticated Court Decide Thomas Bishop in Rockville, Connecticut.