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Judge grants prosecution's motion to dismiss top charge, allow jurors to deliberate on criminally negligent homicide

Daniel Penny manslaughter charge dismissed as jury breaks for weekend


By Fox News ——--December 6, 2024

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NEW YORK CITY — Jurors on the Daniel Penny chokehold trial returned to deliberations for a fourth day Friday for just an hour before telling the court they could not come to an agreement on the top charge, manslaughter, as they weigh the fate of a 26-year-old Marine veteran and architecture student accused of killing a mentally ill homeless man who threatened to kill people on a Manhattan subway car.

Around 11 a.m., the jurors sent a note to the court stating, "We the jury request instructions from Judge [Maxwell] Wiley. At this time, we are unable to come to a unanimous vote on count 1 – manslaughter in the second degree." ---More...


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