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SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
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Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of the man who was found guilty in 2017 of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. The court ordered a new trial
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Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case​

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.

Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He had been arrested in 2012 after a decades-long, haunting search for answers in Etan’s disappearance, which happened on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop in New York City.

The appeals court said the trial judge gave a “clearly wrong” and “manifestly prejudicial” response to a jury note during Hernandez's 2017 trial — his second. His first trial ended in a jury deadlock in 2015. His lawyers said he was innocent.

The court ordered Hernandez’s release unless the 64-year-old gets a new trial within “a reasonable period.”
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Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after
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Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case​

New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July.

The Manhattan district attorney’s made the disclosure in a court filing Sunday asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hold off on enforcing its decision in the case of Pedro Hernandez. The former convenience store clerk became a suspect over 30 years after the first grader vanished.

The ruling presents “substantial legal questions,” prosecutor Stephen Kress wrote. The district attorney’s office has now “committed to seek Supreme Court review,” he said.

In overturning the conviction, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel ordered Hernandez freed unless he is retried “within a reasonable period.”

Kress asked that the appeals court wait until the Supreme Court’s filing deadline of Oct. 20 before sending the case back to a lower-level federal judge to set a retrial date. That could be put on hold indefinitely if the high court agrees to weigh in on the case.

The 2nd Circuit previously granted prosecutors a 30-day extension that was to expire Sunday. It hasn't ruled on the new request.

Hernandez opposes the prosecution’s request for more time.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
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Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after
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Prosecutors say they'll ask US Supreme Court to restore conviction in Etan Patz missing child case​

New York City prosecutors say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz after an appeals court overturned the verdict in July.

The Manhattan district attorney’s made the disclosure in a court filing Sunday asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hold off on enforcing its decision in the case of Pedro Hernandez. The former convenience store clerk became a suspect over 30 years after the first grader vanished.

The ruling presents “substantial legal questions,” prosecutor Stephen Kress wrote. The district attorney’s office has now “committed to seek Supreme Court review,” he said.

In overturning the conviction, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel ordered Hernandez freed unless he is retried “within a reasonable period.”

Kress asked that the appeals court wait until the Supreme Court’s filing deadline of Oct. 20 before sending the case back to a lower-level federal judge to set a retrial date. That could be put on hold indefinitely if the high court agrees to weigh in on the case.

The 2nd Circuit previously granted prosecutors a 30-day extension that was to expire Sunday. It hasn't ruled on the new request.

Hernandez opposes the prosecution’s request for more time.
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Can they do that? It's not double jeopardy?
 
Kimster said:
Can they do that? It's not double jeopardy?
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It's the appeal procedure playing out- not being tried again, (I guess).

Not sure what is considered a "reasonable period". 6 months? The 30 day period expired yesterday but the SC filing deadline is 20th Oct - that's another 35 days time yet.
 
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Tresir said:
Well this seems to be the main effect of the raid. Korean customers fell from 10 to 3. Hardly jaw dropping news.

A local business owner cited an "overnight" drop in business for his Viet Huong Supermarket in Ellabell following the raid, telling CNN he "only had three Korean customers come into the store, compared with the usual 10 to 15."
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Let's use the lower number 10. We'll use the higher number 3 to suss this out. That's a 70% decrease, but for that business the numbers are too low to draw a valid conclusion.
 
Guess Who said:
And???
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And, you figure it out.

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Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect
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Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping​

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect
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Chris Spargo
Published on September 16, 2025 10:35PM EDT
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Ciera Sementhia Washington
Ciera Sementhia Washington. Credit :
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NEED TO KNOW​

  • Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly left her three children in the car while she went shopping at Walmart, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE
  • The young children were found "drenched in sweat" in the trunk, and the two youngest "had full diapers and feces on their legs," per the complaint
  • Washington allegedly told police she left both the car and air conditioner on while she ran inside, and gave her oldest child the keys
A Florida mother is charged with multiple counts of child neglect after her children were discovered unattended in a hot car.
Ciera Washington, 29, is accused of leaving her three young children behind on Sept. 14 while she and a friend went shopping at a Walmart in Sunrise, a city located approximately 10 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.
The children were spotted by a passerby who heard a "faint" knocking from inside the trunk of the car as they walked by at approximately 3:30 p.m., according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
"When he looked inside the back seat of the vehicle, he noticed two empty car seats, and a child's foot sticking out of the opening of the back seat that led to the trunk of the vehicle," the complaint states.
That man and another eyewitness then gained access to the car and found the three children in the trunk of the vehicle, which the complaint alleges was turned off with all the windows rolled up.
The children were "drenched in sweat and hot" and the two youngest "had full diapers and feces on their legs," the complaint states.
Once the children had been removed and law enforcement called, the passerby took the oldest child into the store in order to locate her mother.
Officers with the Sunrise Police Department arrived on the scene soon after and, after reviewing surveillance footage, alleged that Washington had been in the store for 39 minutes while her children were in the vehicle.


The complaint states that Washington told officers she had left her oldest child in the car with the keys in the ignition and the air conditioner on while she ran inside to purchase household products with a friend.
The passerby also told police that the oldest child did have the car keys with her in the car.

Washington allegedly admitted to making a mistake while speaking with the officers, and said that she would have been quicker had there not been such long lines inside the store, per the affidavit.
She was booked into Broward County Jail on three charges of child neglect without causing great bodily harm on that same day but has since posted bail and been released, a spokesperson for the Broward County Sheriff's Office tells PEOPLE.
 
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