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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A federal appeals court on Monday ordered that a man convicted in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 should receive a new trial or be released.

That's not what overturned means. He's not been released, there was apparently conduct in the trail that a superior court ruled merits revisiting it - if the lower court decides to be snitty about it then he potentially could be released, but that's extremely rare.

This is the way the court system should work (though it should be a whole lot faster...), reviewing previous convictions repeatedly to ensure that the results were fair and correct.