Daniel Penny trial judge agrees to drop
top manslaughter count after jury deadlocks twice
Posted By: JoElla Bee, 12/6/2024 4:28:26 PM
A Manhattan judge on Friday agreed to drop the top charge against Daniel Penny in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. “We move to dismiss the top count of manslaughter in the second degree,” Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran told the court at around 3:30 p.m. The judge then signed off on the request — which came after jurors twice said Friday they couldn’t come to a verdict on the manslaughter rap. The 12-person panel will continue deliberating Monday on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide, which Penny, 26, faces in the fatal May 2023 encounter aboard an uptown F train.
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Daniel Penny trial judge agrees to drop
top manslaughter count after jury deadlocks twice 10 replies
top manslaughter count after jury deadlocks twice 10 replies
A Manhattan judge on Friday agreed to drop the top charge against Daniel Penny in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. “We move to dismiss the top count of manslaughter in the second degree,” Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran told the court at around 3:30 p.m. The judge then signed off on the request — which came after jurors twice said Friday they couldn’t come to a verdict on the manslaughter rap. The 12-person panel will continue deliberating Monday on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide, which Penny, 26, faces in the fatal May 2023 encounter aboard an uptown F train.
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Jordan Neely’s father sues Daniel
Penny as NYC jury deliberates verdict
for subway chokehold death 31 replies
Penny as NYC jury deliberates verdict
for subway chokehold death 31 replies
Jordan Neely’s father is suing Daniel Penny over his son’s chokehold death on a New York City subway car as the jury still deliberates whether to convict Penny of manslaughter.
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