1.   In them, he has captured some of the most stirring legal debates, bald-faced lies, riveting testimony and impassioned pleas, not to mention tearful confessions.

2.   There was no rehearsed speech, no tearful confession, no heated confrontation.

3.   Another former classmate, John Higgins, testified that Skakel told him of the killing during a tearful confession on the front porch of a dormitory.

4.   Another former classmate, John Higgins, testified that Skakel told him of the killing during a tearful confession.

5.   Skakel told him of the killing during a tearful confession on the front porch of a dormitory while the two served as night guards, Higgins said.

6.   Some of the people quoted in the affidavit say Skakel made tearful confessions to killing Moxley.

7.   Some of those quoted in an affidavit said Skakel made tearful confessions to killing Moxley.