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

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3. Hernandez, 64, has been serving a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

No death penalty.

I don't know how this case wound up in federal courts. It isn't a death penalty case.

It appears that this appeal is maybe a fourth amendment case?

During deliberations, the 2017 jurors asked a complicated question: If they decided Hernandez didn’t confess voluntarily when he hadn’t been read his rights yet, must they disregard his other confessions? The then-judge responded simply, “the answer is no.” The jury went on to convict.