Thank God. The whole thing was a disgrace. Give that man a medal.

The jury acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide after the judge threw out the more serious manslaughter change on Friday.

Daniel Penny Verdict Update: Jury Finds Him Not Guilty

By: Newsweek, December 09, 2024:

The jury in Daniel Penny’s case have come to a unanimous verdict Monday on his criminally negligent homicide charge stemming from the May 2023 killing of homeless man Jordan Neely on the New York City subway.

Penny has been acquitted in the death of the May 2023 death of homeless man Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. The verdict comes after the 12-person jury, which had been deliberating for nearly 20 hours over four days, told Judge Maxwell Wiley on Friday that it was deadlocked on Penny’s manslaughter charge.

Wiley instructed the jury to continue deliberations on Friday and denied a request by Penny’s defense attorneys to declare a mistrial.

“It’s not time for a mistrial,” Wiley told the attorneys without the jury present.

Before the judge dismissed the top charge, the jury could only consider the criminally negligent homicide charge if they found Penny not guilty of manslaughter.

“What that means is you are now free to consider Count 2,” the judge told the jury. “Whether that makes any difference or not, I have no idea.”

Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller