Etan Patz Jury Again Deadlocked After 3 Weeks

"We the jury would like the court to know that after serious significant and thorough deliberations we remain unable to reach a unanimous decision," reads the note from the jury in the Etan Patz case, admitting today that for a second time in nearly three weeks of deliberations they were unable to reach consensus as to whether Pedro Hernandez is guilty in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of the 6-year-old New York City boy. The judge's response was the same this time, as the New York Times reports: Keep going. This despite a defense request for a mistrial, notes the AP. "This is a tired jury that says it can't reach a verdict, and we asked the judge to respect that," says Hernandez's lawyer. Key in the case is Hernandez's confession, which the defense maintains was fiction under duress. (More Etan Patz stories.)