A Judge Gave a One-Word Answer. It Torpedoed the Etan Patz Case.

After an appeals court overturned a conviction, prosecutors must decide whether to retry a man in the notorious 1979 child killing for a third time.

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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 not have let jurors consider an improper confession.

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A Timeline of the Etan Patz Case

It has been 46 years since 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared in SoHo. After a lawsuit and two criminal trials, questions remain about how he died.

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Daniel Penny Is Acquitted in Death of Jordan Neely on Subway

Mr. Penny choked Mr. Neely in a minutes-long struggle on the floor of an F train. The case reflected the pathologies of post-pandemic New York.

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