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Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in Etan Patz disappearance case

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 abduction and murder of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old Jewish boy, whose disappearance profoundly impacted the nation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Supreme CourtJewish CommunityNew YorkJusticeMurder ConvictionLegal AppealMissing ChildrenEtan PatzPedro HernandezNational Missing Children's Day

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New York City, New York, United States
"Patz vanished in May 1979 while walking to his school bus stop in New York City for the first time."

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