Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in case of Etan Patz, missing New York City boy

The Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, overturning a federal appeals court decision that had dismissed the verdict due to a judge's response to a juror question. The 6-3 ruling supported New York prosecutors' appeal, which argued the lower court's reversal ignored a five-month trial with 66 witnesses. Pedro Hernandez, convicted in 2017, has been serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for the crime.