Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction

The Supreme Court reinstated Pedro Hernandez's murder conviction in Etan Patz's 1979 disappearance, reversing a federal appeals ruling and restoring his 25-years-to-life sentence.

1. Frame 1The Supreme Court rules for New York prosecutors, restoring Pedro Hernandez's murder conviction and blocking the reopened third-trial path.
2. Frame 2The case began in 1979, when six-year-old Etan Patz vanished while walking to a Manhattan school bus stop.
3. Frame 3Hernandez was convicted in 2017 after a mistrial; prosecutors said another trial was being prepared after the reversal.
4. Frame 4The Second Circuit had overturned the verdict over the judge's answer to jurors about how confessions should be weighed.
5. Frame 5A 6-3 majority said federal courts went too far overriding state rulings under a law limiting habeas review.
6. Frame 6The ruling restores the 25-years-to-life sentence and blocks the immediate third-trial track prosecutors had been preparing.