Daniel Penny was acquitted of a single charge of criminally negligent homicide in the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car last year.
, a homeless man known as a Michael Jackson impersonator around New York City, was found not guilty on a charge of criminally negligent homicide.. Last Friday morning, Dec. 6, after three days of deliberations, the jury sent Judge Maxwell Wiley a note saying they were deadlocked on the manslaughter charge. While Wiley encouraged the jury to keep deliberating, that afternoon they sent a second note saying they still could not reach an unanimous decision.
The verdict delivered Monday, Dec. 9, found that Penny’s actions were not criminal when he held Neely in afor several minutes on the floor of a subway car on May 1, 2023. After the verdict was read, per, Penny’s lawyer, Thomas A. Kenniff, reportedly hugged Penny. Neely’s father, Andre Zachery, reportedly started yelling at Penny’s supporters, and the judge had to ask him to leave the room.
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