Attorney David Schwartz Talks About Prosecutors Will Retry Man In Death of Etan Patz⁨ ‪@CBSNewYork‬

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And the man convicted of kidnapping and
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murdering six-year-old Eton Pates will
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stand trial for a third time after his
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conviction was thrown out. Dick Brennan
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has more now on the decades old murder
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case that has haunted the city.
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Was one of the most notorious murder
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cases the city had ever seen. The
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killing of six-year-old Eton Pates. In
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1979, Eton disappeared on the first day
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he was allowed to walk alone to his
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school bus stop in Soho. some something
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just took over me and I just choke him.
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Pedro Hernandez had confessed to the
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crime and was convicted in 2017. At the
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time, Eton's father said he was
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relieved.
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But we finally have found some measure
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of justice
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for our wonderful little boy, Eton.
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But in July, an appeals court overturned
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the conviction, saying the judge
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improperly instructed the jury about the
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confessions. Now, the Manhattan DA's
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office says it will once again try
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Hernandez, saying that the available
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admissible evidence supports prosecuting
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defendant on the charges of murder in
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the second degree and kidnapping in the
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first degree.
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This case is decades old. How difficult
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is it to retry a case like this? It's
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always difficult to try a case so old,
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but for a murder case, there is no
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statute of limitations. And criminal
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defense attorney David Schwarz says the
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confession in the case will be once
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again front and center in the retrial.
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When that confession is put in front of
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that jury, it leaves such an impression
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that of course there's a real world
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burden for the defense to undermine that
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confession to show that jury that that
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confession was not real and it's not
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voluntary.
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An attorney for Hernandez say they're
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deeply disappointed in the decision to
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retry the case. And the federal appeals
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court said there is evidence to show
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that Pedro is innocent. But if this
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case, which is 46 years old, does go to
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trial, we will be ready. Jury selection
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in Hernandez retrial would have to begin
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by June 1st of next year, or else he
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must be released from prison. In Soho,
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Dickran and CBS News