Without that single piece of paper, the winning ticket in the customer’s hand was nearly worthless under Florida Lottery rules. A Walmart cashier in DeLand, Florida, was arrested after Volusia County sheriff’s deputies said she pocketed the validation receipt from an elderly customer’s $2,700 winning lottery ticket, then left him without the paperwork he needed…
Supreme Court Reinstates Pedro Hernandez’s Murder Conviction in the 1979 Disappearance of Etan Patz
The 6-3 ruling reverses a federal appeals court decision that had threatened to send the nearly five-decade-old case to a third trial. The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, ending a years-long legal battle that had threatened to send the case to…