[CNN] US Supreme Court restores conviction in infamous murder of Etan Patz

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📌 标题:US Supreme Court restores conviction in infamous murder of Etan Patz

📅 发布时间:Updated Jun 22, 2026, 10:46 AM ET

📝 英文原文:
SummaryThe Supreme Court restored the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz.Hernandez told law enforcement he strangled the boy in 1979, though his lawyers said the confession was false.A lower court had ordered a new trial, but prosecutors warned retrial would pose daunting difficulties.AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.The Supreme Court on Mondaysided with New York prosecutorsand declined to invalidate the conviction of a man who confessed tokilling 6-year-old Etan Patzin 1979, reversing a lower court decision that likely would have required a new trial.Patz disappeared on the morning of May 25, 1979, the first time his parents allowed him to walk by himself to his bus stop about a block away from his home in SoHo. The disappearance sparked a highly publicized search for the boy, andbrought national attentionto cases of missing children across the country after authorities put his image on thousands of milk cartons. His body was never found.The investigation into his disappearance stalled until 2012 when police learned that Pedro Hernandez, who had worked at a bodega near the bus stop, told his ex-wife and others that he had strangled a boy years earlier. He repeated the confessions to law enforcement and was later convicted of felony murder and kidnaping. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Hernandez’s lawyers said his confession was false and caused by mental illness.Hernandez filed for habeas corpus relief in federal court, challenging the way the trial judge responded to a question from the jury about his confessions. A federal district court denied the petition, but the New York-based 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision and ordered Hernandez to be released or retried.“The Second Circuit exceeded its authority in holding that Hernandez is entitled to relief,” the Supreme Court said in anunsigned opinionMonday. “The panel’s opinion appears to reflect serious doubt about the rel

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
摘要最高法院恢复了对佩德罗·埃尔南德斯 (Pedro Hernandez) 杀害 6 岁男孩伊坦·帕茨 (Etan Patz) 的谋杀定罪。埃尔南德斯告诉执法部门,他于 1979 年勒死了这个男孩,尽管他的律师表示供词是假的。下级法院已下令重新审判,但检察官警告称,重审将带来巨大困难。CNN 编辑审查了人工智能生成的摘要。周一,最高法院站在纽约检察官一边,拒绝宣布对一名男子的定罪无效谁承认了



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