Last Update: A judge granted the prosecution’s motion to dismiss the more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny on Friday in his trial over the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year, clearing the way for the jury to consider the remaining lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.
The remaining charge of criminally negligent homicide could also mean a felony charge and imprisonment for up to four years.
Update: No verdict has been reached; prosecution might include the charge of criminally negligent homicide.
The defense asked for a mistrial.
Update: The judge told the jury to continue deliberating. How anyone could consider finding him guilty of manslaughter is a. disgrace, but it’s New York.
The jurors in the Manhattan Penny trial told the judge they could not reach an agreement on the manslaughter charge against Good Samaritan Daniel Penny.
The jury in the trial of Daniel Penny told a judge Friday morning that it could not come to a unanimous decision on the top charge of manslaughter.
Penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 chokehold death [it wasn’t a chokehold] of Jordan Neely. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge. He has pleaded not guilty.
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They have to agree on the manslaughter charge before they can consider the criminally negligent homicide charge, which is also bogus.
Judge Maxwell Wiley told the jury he would confer with defense attorneys and prosecutors before issuing further guidance.
The judge will likely tell them to go back and try again.
Penny, a former Marine and architecture student, had been coming from class and was on his way to the gym on the afternoon of May 1, 2023, when he encountered a threatening, dangerous Neely on a New York City subway.
Penny had no intention of harming Jordan Neely, who was high on drugs. He wanted to save terrorized riders on a train.
The Neely parents, who reportedly never cared adequately for Jordan Neely, are suing Penny.
Meet the off-the-wall prosecutor:
Daniel Penny’s prosecutor Dafna Yoran insanely states that she previously went easy on a clear m*rderer because she felt the perpetrator had a tough life.
Yet she persecutes veteran Penny.
Unbelievable. She should be disbarred and indicted immediately.pic.twitter.com/dzu4PfyWvG
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) December 4, 2024
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