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Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Restore Conviction in Patz Missing Child Case
Manhattan prosecutors argue the appeals court erred in overturning Hernandez's conviction and seek to avoid a retrial in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz.
- New York City prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a 2017 murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
- A federal appeals court had overturned Hernandez's conviction in the summer of 2022, faulting how a judge answered a jury question.
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Etan Patz: Prosecutors Push for Murder Reinstatement of New York Child Killer
New York City prosecutors are pushing to reinstate a murder conviction in connection with the 1979 death of Etan Patz. According to CBS News, the prosecution is in hopes that the Supreme Court will reinstate Pedro Hernandez’s conviction, although they are in the process of preparing for a retrial. A federal appeals court overturned the murder verdict in July. In October, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Hernandez should be “retried…
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