LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: In the Northeast, schoolmates and police officers testify at a hearing beginning today on whether Michael Skakel should be tried as an adult on murder charges. Skakel is now 39 years old, but he was 15 when a neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut was beaten to death with a gulf club. CNN's Deborah Feyerick is covering the hearing in Stamford, Connecticut. She joins us now live -- Deborah.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Leon, Michael Skakel is expected to be here. According to his attorney, he was last here back in March to be arraigned. He has not yet entered his not guilty plea. That's expected to come sometime after today's probable cause hearing. A judge will decide, first of all, whether there's enough evidence to try this case. If there is, then the judge must decide whether this case should be kept in juvenile court or whether it should be transferred to adult court. Michael Skakel was 15 years old when his next-door neighbor Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death with a gulf club. Moxley had been last seen at the Skakel home. Prosecutors today expected to call several witnesses. They could include former classmates who allegedly heard Michael Skakel make incriminating statements when they were all together at a rehabilitation center. Skakel's attorney will call rebuttal witnesses. Now, a lot is riding on the hearing. There's a big difference in penalties, because if convicted as a juvenile, Skakel would face a maximum four years in prison. If convicted as an adult, he could face a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. The judge has set aside about five days in which this hearing will take place. Reporting live, Deborah Feyerick, CNN, Stamford, Connecticut.</s>HARRIS: Thank you, Deborah.</s>CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Deborah.
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