Seems Bragg et al in NYC were a little TOO sure of themselves…
The Manhattan jury tasked with deciding Daniel Penny’s fate has acquitted the 26-year-old architecture student of criminally negligent homicide, a Class E felony that carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley agreed on Friday to dismiss the more serious charge, manslaughter in the second degree after the jury deadlocked repeatedly. Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran, who is prosecuting the case, had requested the manslaughter charge be dropped so the jury could take up the lesser charge. The 12-person panel has now acquitted Penny of the lesser charge.
Full article, HERE from PJ Media, and another from Fox News, HERE.
Once again, Bragg et al bowed to public pressure and indicted Penny, a good samaritan 10 days later, for murder because he was white and the other guy was black. The judge bent the rules, just like in the Trump case, but this time, the jurors didn’t ‘listen’ and acquitted Penny! Yay!!!
Maybe, just maybe, a few folks up there are starting to take a hard look at what is going on in NYC and other blue cities… And they also have a ‘little’ illegal problem they’re also trying to deal with…
However, they have destroyed Penny’s life, and he will always be second guessing everything about helping others going forward. I feel for him, as this is going to make his life very difficult.
But hey, a win for the ‘little guys’, so I’m happy he beat the NYC ‘system’!!!
Now he just has to fight off a civil suit from the estranged father… sigh…
Isn’t it a shame that a sitting POTUS can pardon an admitted tax evader – gun purchase felon but a person found innocent of murder will likely face another trial by civil court and incur more cost. Not right.
A theory I saw at The New Neo suggested that instead of one or two jurors blocking a unanimous guilty verdict there were one or two blocking a unanimous innocent verdict. The judge gave the jury the stern talk (The government has spent a great deal on this go back and find a unanimous verdict). Shortly after that the pulled the 2nd Degree murder count. I suspect the holdouts said well BLEEP this it obviously didn’t matter to the court that much and just folded.
From what I hear, the alleged sperm donor doesn’t deserve to be called “father”.
Trump should hire him to investigate (persecute, prossicute) Leftist prosecutors (civil rights deniers) nationally, with an effective team.
An intriguing idea, that
jrg- Good point!
Treg- That sounds about right.
Brewer- Agreed!
Tree- Interesting idea!
What doesn’t get said a lot with these cases is the impact it’s going to have on Penny’s life. Saying he “won” isn’t as accurate as saying he “survived” the criminal case. He still gets to go through the civil trial. He is going to be vilified by a lot of people for a long time. His career options are going to be relatively limited depending on what he wants to do for a living. Putting down roots may be more difficult. The list goes on…
Penny’s ordeal isn’t over. Now begins the endless civil trials for money. And in a civil trial the standard for prevailing is much lower. Kyle Rittenhouse is still dealing with the aftermath of his actions even though he was acquitted a long time ago.
Book deal.
Movie rights.
I hope Daniel Penny becomes a multi-millionaire and haunts this crooked, black D.A. for the rest of his life.
The process is the punishment.
And it is used to further increase the political power of the prosecutors and other’s involved in the case.
Penney was just a tool, a stepping stone.
If a criminal court can’t get a conviction, then the option of a civil complaint shouldn’t be available. This is just double jeopardy.