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Prosecutors say they’ll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case
Prosecutors argue the jury was misinstructed on how to consider confessions, prompting a Supreme Court review request to reinstate Hernandez's conviction in the 1979 Etan Patz case.
- New York City prosecutors will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction against Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
- In July, a three-judge appeals court overturned Hernandez's conviction and ordered a retrial or his release, ruling the jury instructions were flawed.
- Hernandez, now 64 and serving 25 years to life, had confessed but his lawyers say he has a mental illness and the confession was improperly obtained.
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Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case
Prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July.
·United States
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NYC prosecutors say they'll ask SCOTUS to restore conviction in Etan Patz case
The man convicted of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases. Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He had been arrested in 2012 after a decadeslong, haunting...
·New York, United States
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