Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Pedro Hernandez must be retried or released by June after a federal appellate in July overturned his 2017 conviction in the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
U.S. District of Southern New York Judge Colleen McMahon on Thursday gave the Manhattan prosecutor's office until June 1 to file for a retrial or release Hernandez, The New York Times reported.
Manhattan prosecutors sought a 90-day extension to determine whether or not they have enough witnesses and evidence to retry Hernandez, 64, whose 2017 conviction was overturned due to the presiding judge giving improper instructions to the jury.
The prosecutors also said they would need a year beyond the 90 days to bring a new case against Hernandez, which would be his third for the 1979 kidnapping and murder of the boy who disappeared while walking two blocks from his family's SoHo neighborhood home to his school bus stop.
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