Manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny dropped in subway death trial
Prosecutors requested to drop charges after jury twice deadlocked, with Penny now facing criminally negligent homicideThe judge in Daniel Penny’s subway chokehold death trial agreed Friday to dismiss the manslaughter charge against him, leaving jurors only to consider the lesser count of criminally negligent homicide.Judge Maxwell Wiley’s decision stemmed from prosecutors’ request to dismiss Penny’s second-degree manslaughter charge after jurors deadlocked twice on that count. Jurors were not able to consider the criminally negligent homicide count until reaching a verdict on second-degree manslaughter. Continue reading...
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Prosecutors requested to drop charges after jury twice deadlocked, with Penny now facing criminally negligent homicide
The judge in Daniel Penny’s subway chokehold death trial agreed Friday to dismiss the manslaughter charge against him, leaving jurors only to consider the lesser count of criminally negligent homicide.
Judge Maxwell Wiley’s decision stemmed from prosecutors’ request to dismiss Penny’s second-degree manslaughter charge after jurors deadlocked twice on that count. Jurors were not able to consider the criminally negligent homicide count until reaching a verdict on second-degree manslaughter.
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