Pedro Hernandez对Etan Patz1979年失踪案的2017年定罪被推翻;他的律师寻求释放,除非检察官在几个月内重新审判他。 Pedro Hernandez's 2017 conviction for Etan Patz's 1979 disappearance was overturned; his lawyers seek release unless prosecutors retry him within months.

Pedro Hernandez的律师因1979年6岁的Etan Patz失踪而于2017年被定罪,要求曼哈顿联邦法官确定释放日期,除非检察官决定在合理时间内重新审判他。 Lawyers for Pedro Hernandez, convicted in 2017 for the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, asked a Manhattan federal judge to set a release date unless prosecutors decide to retry him within a reasonable time. 第二个美国。 The 2nd U.S. 巡回上诉法院在7月推翻了对他的定罪,裁定陪审团本应得到对其选择的更全面解释,包括无视供词。 Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in July, ruling the jury should have received a more complete explanation of its options, including disregarding confessions. Hernandez,现在64岁, 服了13年 25年到终身监禁的刑期 经过一个先前的绞刑陪审团。 Hernandez, now 64, has served 13 years of a 25-to-life sentence after a prior hung jury. 他的辩护声称他因精神疾病而作出虚假供认。 His defense claims he confessed falsely due to mental illness. 检察官表示他们最多三个月不会决定重审, Prosecutors say they won’t decide on a retrial for up to three months, citing lost witnesses and time. Colleen McMahon法官怀疑最高法院会受理此案。 Judge Colleen McMahon doubts the Supreme Court will take the case. Etan Patz的失踪引发了全国儿童安全意识及失踪儿童使用牛奶盒照片。 Etan Patz’s disappearance helped spark national child safety awareness and the use of milk carton photos for missing children.