US EditionProsecutors May Appeal to Supreme Court on 1979 Missing Child Etan Patz Case
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, AUG 8 – Prosecutors aim to advance justice in the decades-old Etan Patz missing child case by potentially appealing to the Supreme Court for further legal review.
- On Friday, prosecutors said they might appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
- The reversal follows a recent appeals court ruling, overturning Pedro Hernandez’s conviction after over 30 years, unsettling a nearly decade-old verdict.
- The appeals court noted jurors did not receive a thorough explanation on how to disregard conflicting confessions, especially regarding the trial judge’s response to a jury note.
- Prosecutors asked the appeals court to delay remanding the case, while Hernandez’s lawyers opposed the stay, and the court ordered him freed unless retried within a reasonable period.
- Etan’s disappearance reshaped law enforcement responses; no trace was ever found, and his parents later had him declared legally dead.
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Prosecutors may appeal to Supreme Court on 1979 missing child Etan Patz case
Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to preserve a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
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