A lawyer for a man charged with murdering a 6-year-old New York City boy who vanished in 1979 says his client should be released because it’s taking too long to get to trial.
Pedro Hernandez was arrested about 18 months ago in the death of Etan Patz. His lawyer, Harvey Fishbein, asked a judge Wednesday to release Hernandez.
Police and prosecutors say the New Jersey man confessed to suffocating the boy and putting his body in a trash bag. Fishbein says the confession was false.
A trial is expected next spring.
Fishbein said Wednesday his client has languished in jail while prosecutors drag their feet.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said prosecutors are moving as fast as they can.
The judge did not release Hernandez.
(AP)
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america once was against having people languishing in prison waiting for trials; but america has changed and even an innocent man can be put in jail for many months before the case comes to a trial.