The appeals court found that the trial judge in 2017 gave "clearly wrong" and "manifestly prejudicial" instructions to the jury in response to a question about the suspect’s confessions to police.

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz , needs to face a new trial or be released.

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted of murder in 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York.

The former bodega clerk convicted in the infamous 1979 disappearance and murder of little Etan Patz should be given a new trial — or set free, a federal appeals court ordered Monday in a shoc… ...

A New York federal appeals court Monday ruled that the former bodega stock clerk convicted in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz should receive a new trial or be released from ...

Vermont Superior Court Judge Kerry McDonald-Cady ruled to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning Moffitt can’t be tried on the same charges again. The decision has already been appealed.

With trial less than two weeks away, the question before the court was whether Sampson should be released due to an unexpected glitch that delayed the trial scheduled to begin Aug. 4.

A federal appeals court said Monday that Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted in the decades-old disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, must either be granted a new trial or released from custody.

Federal appeals court overturns Pedro Hernandez's conviction in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz due to incorrect jury instructions regarding the suspect's confessions.

WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that the former bodega clerk convicted in the 1979 disappearance and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz should be given a new trial — or be ...