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 6-year-old Etan Patz by a 6-3 vote, overturning a federal appeals court decision that had reversed the verdict. The ruling cited a 1996 federal law limiting federal oversight of state criminal trials, and Pedro Hernandez, the defendant, has been serving a 25-year-to-life sentence since a 2017 conviction.