Posted on 11/25/2025 1:19:06 PM PST by nickcarraway
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg intends to re-try Pedro Hernandez for the kidnapping and murder of Etan Patz, the boy whose face was the first on a milk carton after his disappearance in the 1970s.
"This letter is to notify the Court that after thorough review, the District Attorney has determined that the available, admissible evidence supports prosecuting defendant on the charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Kidnapping in the First Degree in this matter, and the People are prepared to proceed," the district attorney's office said Tuesday.
A federal appeals court ordered Hernandez released or re-tried after finding errors in the way the trial judge responded to jury questions about Hernandez's confessions.
Prosecutors and Hernandez's defense attorneys are due in court for a conference December 1.
1979 was a long time ago. If he is the killer, I hope he gets convicted and gets the harshest sentence possible in NY.
Thread from 2012 about case & confession. Includes post by retired NYPD Freeper: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888381/posts
“the harshest sentence possible”
Whoa there! I don’t think harsh sentences are allowed in the NY justice system.
Harsh sentences are indeed permissible in that state if you try to defend yourself. If you are white, male, and heterosexual, then life without parole.
So Bragg can get up the energy to try thid decades old case, but let’s most current criminals slide...
I hope so. I still think about that little boy after all these years......and Adam Walsh.....I had kids at the time and felt so bad...;(
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