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Man Convicted in Etan Patz Murder Should Be Retried or Released, Appeals Court Rules
Pedro Hernandez was sentenced to 25 years to life after confessing to the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old first-grader.
Judge orders new trial for Pedro Hernandez, man convicted of killing Etan Patz in 1979
Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz in 1979, should be retried or released, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based its ...
Etan Patz’s Case Haunted New York. It’s Still Not Over.
An appellate court decision overturning the conviction of Pedro Hernandez once again puts the shocking disappearance of a ...
Etan Patz conviction being thrown out brings another prime suspect back into the picture
The missing child case of six-year-old Etan Patz ushered in the “stranger danger” era and a reckoning across the US as to how ...
Who was Etan Patz? Who is Pedro Hernandez? The 1979 news as it happened
Etan Patz disappeared while walking to his Manhattan school bus stop alone for the first time on May 25, 1979. Pedro ...
D.A. Who Led Etan Patz Case Says Conviction Reversal Came as a Shock
Cyrus Vance prosecuted Pedro Hernandez twice. An appeals court overturned the conviction, ruling that the trial judge should ...
Etan Patz case: Trying defendant Pedro Hernandez a third time could prove difficult, experts tell Newsday
"Time is not the prosecution's friend," said Michael J. Brown, a Long Island defense attorney who represents alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann.
Man convicted of killing Etan Patz, one of the first boys featured on missing milk carton, gets sentence tossed
Man convicted of killing Etan Patz, one of the first boys featured on missing milk carton, gets sentence tossed - ...