"Hernandez's first trial ended with a deadlocked jury in 2015, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned his 2017 conviction last July, when a three-judge panel found that New York Supreme Court Judge Maxwell Wiley incorrectly answered a question from the jury regarding what evidence they could consider."
"Judge Michele Rodney declined to dismiss the charges against him on April 17, disagreeing with Hernandez's attorney's arguments that the pre-indictment delay was so great it showed prosecutors sat idly and shouldn't be allowed to prosecute."
"Hernandez, now 65, became a suspect after he repeatedly confessed to police in 2012 that he had kidnapped Patz while he walked to his bus stop and killed him in a SoHo basement."
"Hernandez's lawyers have argued that his confession was the product of psychotic delusion and that his first confession before police came before he was told he had the right to remain silent."
Pedro Hernandez was found guilty in 2017 for the abduction and murder of Etan Patz, who disappeared in 1979. His conviction was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals due to incorrect jury instructions. Despite arguments for dismissal based on the lengthy pre-indictment delay, Judge Michele Rodney ruled against it, stating law enforcement had no reason to suspect Hernandez until his confessions in 2012. Hernandez's defense claims his confessions were unreliable, citing psychotic delusions and improper police procedures during interrogation.
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