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Holdout juror in Etan Patz case: Prosecution has no evidence
Many reporters asked me why I came to the opening arguments at the re-trial of Pedro Hernandez on Wednesday. The simple answer is that I wanted to see if the...
Etan Patz retrial is underway
The 6-year-old who became the poster boy for missing children nationwide following his disappearance in 1979 was a “very tiny big man with a very big heart” – while his...
Jurors from first Etan Patz trial show up to watch start of retrial
Seven jurors and two alternates who served in the first trial of the New Jersey man accused of killing Etan Patz returned to a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday — but this...
Jury selected for accused Patz killer's second trial
Twelve jurors have been selected to hear the second trial for the man accused of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz in 1979. Opening arguments in Pedro Hernandez’s case will get...
Judge reverses 2004 ruling that Jose Ramos killed Etan Patz
A Manhattan judge has dealt a legal blow to the man charged with killing Etan Patz — by clearing another man who had already been found responsible for the crime....
Lawyer's back injury delays retrial of Etan Patz's accused killer
The retrial of 6-year-old Etan Patz’s accused killer will be pushed back six months after the defense lawyer injured his back, a judge ruled Monday in court. Attorney Harvey Fishbein...
Etan Patz's parents tell judge they have no doubt about who killed their son
The parents of Etan Patz, the little boy who went missing on his way to school in 1979, are asking a Manhattan civil judge to reverse a 2004 ruling that...
Ex-lead prosecutor can take part in Etan Patz retrial: judge
Veteran Manhattan prosecutor Joan Illuzzi may take part in the retrial of Pedro Hernandez, charged in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley denied...
Lawyers fight over ex-lead prosecutor’s role in Etan Patz case
Prosecutors and defense lawyers gearing up for the retrial of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz were at each others’ throats during a Wednesday court hearing as...
Defense lawyers in Etan Patz retrial want to keep former prosecutor away
Defense lawyers for the suspected 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz filed papers Monday asking that the former lead prosecutor on the case be barred from any “public role” in...
Etan Patz prosecutor returns to retrial as special counsel
The longtime prosecutor who oversaw the Etan Patz trial is headed back to the Manhattan DA’s Office to retry the decades-old cold case, officials said Wednesday. Joan Illuzzi has been...
Retrial jury won't be allowed to tour Etan Patz crime scene
A Manhattan judge Tuesday nixed prosecutors plan to tweak their case for the retrial of Etan Patz’s accused killer by taking jurors on a tour of the crime scene. “The...
Prosecutors want retrial jury to tour Etan Patz crime scene
Manhattan prosecutors are planning to tweak their case for the retrial of Etan Patz’s accused killer, including two additional psychiatric experts and taking jurors on a tour of the crime...
Etan Patz murder suspect's retrial set for early 2016
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday scheduled the retrial of a suspect in the 1979 kidnapping and slaying of Etan Patz for early next year. State Supreme Court Judge...
Etan Patz jurors call for retrial, slam holdout for his 'huge ego'
He’s still the odd man out. The lone holdout juror who prevented a conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz got a chilly reception from...
Veteran prosecutor tabbed for Etan Patz retrial
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has assigned a veteran prosecutor to retry the case against a former bodega worker who confessed to the kidnap and murder of Etan Patz, the...
Etan Patz prosecutor leaves case to run for Staten Island DA
Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, a native and longtime resident of Staten Island, is running against Democrat Michael McMahon to fill the position vacated by former DA Dan Donovan. Among Illuzzi-Orbon's well-known cases...
Etan Patz trial jurors visit site of disappearance
Seven jurors from the recent Etan Patz murder trial visited the Soho intersection near where the boy disappeared 36 years ago to commemorate National Missing Children’s Day. They laid flowers...
DA to seek retrial of Pedro Hernandez in Patz case
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Monday that he intends to retry the against Pedro Hernandez, who confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. The murder trial of Hernandez,...
Jurors from Etan Patz case helping prosecutors plan retrial
They believed Pedro Hernandez was guilty of the kidnap and murder of Etan Patz — stymied by one holdout — and now more than half of the jurors who voted...