Snapshot · Dateline NBC
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal appeals court exceeded its authority in overturning Pedro Hernandez's state conviction, reinstating his prison sentence.
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Alex Laray and Andrea Canning close the Dateline Roundup with a major development in one of America's most iconic cold cases. Etan Patz disappeared from New York City in 1979 at just six years old — one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons — and his case went unsolved for decades until Pedro Hernandez confessed. After a 2015 mistrial and a 2017 conviction, Hernandez's 25-years-to-life sentence seemed settled, until a federal appeals court overturned it on the grounds that the trial judge gave a prejudicial answer to a juror's question about his confession. The Supreme Court, however, ruled that the appeals court had exceeded its authority in overturning the state court conviction. Hernandez, who has maintained his confession was made during a period of mental illness, will not receive a new trial [1] — Alex Laray "The Supreme Court reversed the federal appeals court that had overturned Pedro Hernandez's conviction for killing six-year-old Etan Patz. H…" 28:20 .
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