Q: A high-profile murder case involving one of America's most well-known political families took a dramatic turn Wednesday when a judge ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, the nephew of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.

Skakel, who has spent more than a decade behind bars, is accused of killing 15-year-old neighbor Martha Moxley with a golf club in 1975. Twenty-seven years after her death, he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

For years, Skakel fought unsuccessfully for his conviction to be overturned. But a Connecticut judge gave Skakel, 53, a chance for a fresh start Wednesday, ruling that the defense during his 2002 trial had been inadequate.

State's Attorney John Smriga said prosecutors plan to appeal, but are still reviewing the judge's decision.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long maintained his cousin's innocence, described the judge's order as a "blessed event."

"I think everybody who knows Michael's overjoyed with it," Kennedy told CNN's "AC360."

Martha Moxley's mother said the judge's ruling does nothing to change her mind.

"There's not a way they can erase what was said during the first trial. ... I have not given up and I do believe Michael Skakel killed my daughter," Dorthy Moxley told CNN's "Piers Morgan Live." "If there is a new trial, I will be there."

Judge: Defense 'constitutionally deficient'

In a lengthy opinion Wednesday, Connecticut Appellate Judge Thomas Bishop ruled that defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Sherman's representation of Skakel was "constitutionally deficient."

"The defense of a serious felony prosecution requires attention to detail, an energetic investigation and a coherent plan of defense (capably) executed," Bishop wrote in his decision. "Trial counsel's failures in each of these areas of representation were significant and, ultimately, fatal to a constitutionally adequate defense."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is accused of killing a neighbor?
2. Which famous family is he related to?
3. How many years was he sentenced to?
4. For the murder of whom?
5. How old was she?
6. What was the murder weapon?
7. In what year did it take place?
8. How many years passed before a conviction?
9. Who believes that Skakel is innocent?
10. How are they related?
11. Does Moxley's mother agree with Skakel's innocence?
12. Does she intend to be present at the new trial?
13. Who was Skakel's defense attorney?
14. Which judge decided to order a new trial?
15. What reasoning did he give?
16. What three things are required of a capable defender?
17. How old is Skakel currently?
18. Who plans to appeal the new trial?
19. According to whom?
20. How much time has Skakel already served?
A: 1. Michael Skakel
2. Robert and Ethel Kennedy.
3. 20 years to life in prison.
4. Martha Moxley
5. 15
6. golf club
7. 1975
8. 27
9. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
10. cousins
11. No
12. Yes
13. Michael "Mickey" Sherman's
14. Judge Thomas Bishop
15. representation was "constitutionally deficient."
16. attention to detail, an energetic investigation, and a coherent plan of defense
17. 53,
18. prosecutors
19. State's Attorney John Smriga
20. more than a decade
Q: Kievan Rus' begins with the rule (882912) of Prince Oleg, who extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley in order to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east and moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazar Empire. Vladimir the Great (9801015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, that of all the inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav I (10191054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.

The term "Kievan Rus'" ( Kievskaya Rus') was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev. In English, the term was introduced in the early 20th century, when it was found in the 1913 English translation of Vasily Klyuchevsky's A History of Russia, to distinguish the early polity from successor states, which were also named Rus. Later, the Russian term was rendered into Belarusian and Ukrainian as Kijeuskaja Rus' and Kyivs'ka Rus', respectively.

Answer the following questions:
1. When did Kievan Rus' began?
2. by whom?
3. When did they change their religion?
4. who was the leader?
5. how did he do it?
6. What was Prince Oleg trying to protect?
7. When did the name start being used?
8. why?
9. Why was it moved there
10. how did they have their first major expansion
11. What was issued?
12. by whom?
13. what else was he known for?
14. who did they fight against?
A: 1. 882
2. unknown
3. Sometime between 9801015
4. Vladimir the Great
5. with his own baptism
6. trade
7. 19th century
8. to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev
9. unknown
10. war
11. legal code
12. Yaroslav I's sons
13. Kievan Rus' reaching its greatest extent
14. unknown
Q: CHAPTER VI.

THE WATER-SOLDIER.

'Presumptuous maid, with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between.'--GRAY.

It all seemed like a dream to Ursula, perhaps likewise to her mother, when they rose to the routine of daily life with the ordinary interests of the day before them. There was a latent unwillingness in Mrs. Egremont's mind to discuss the subject with either aunt or daughter; and when the post brought no letter, Ursula, after a moment's sense of flatness, was relieved, and returned to her eager desire to hurry after the water-soldier. It was feasible that very afternoon. Mary Nugent came in with the intelligence.

'And can Gerard come? or we shall only look at it.'

'Yes, Gerard can come, and so will Mr. Dutton,' said Mary, who, standing about half-way between Mrs. Egremont and her daughter, did not think herself quite a sufficient chaperon.

'He will look on like a hen at her ducklings,' said Nuttie. 'It is cruel to take him, poor man!'

'Meantime, Nuttie, do you like an hour of "Marie Stuart?"'

'Oh, thank you!' But she whispered, 'Aunt Ursel, may I tell her?'

'Ask your mother, my dear.'

Leave was given, half reluctantly, and with a prohibition against mentioning the subject to any one else, but both mother and aunt had confidence in Mary Nugent's wisdom and discretion, so the two friends sat on the wall together, and Ursula poured out her heart. Poor little girl! she was greatly discomfited at the vanishing of her noble vision of the heroic self-devoted father, and ready on the other hand to believe him a villain, like Bertram Risingham, or 'the Pirate,' being possessed by this idea on account of his West Indian voyages. At any rate, she was determined not to be accepted or acknowledged without her mother, and was already rehearsing magnanimous letters of refusal.

Answer the following questions:
1. did someone come in?
2. who?
3. with?
4. was she wise?
5. how do you know?
6. did she speak?
7. what did she say?
8. where was she when she spoke?
9. what roman numeral is shown?
10. did someone have a difficulty with their mind?
11. who?
A:
1. Yes
2. Mary Nugent
3. with the intelligence.
4. yes
5. both mother and aunt had confidence in Mary Nugent's wisdom
6. Yes
7. 'Yes, Gerard can come, and so will Mr. Dutton,'
8. standing about half-way between Mrs. Egremont and her daughter
9. VI
10. Yes
11. Mrs. Egremont