Manslaughter charge dismissed in Daniel Penny trial, jury to consider negligent homicide charge
Submitted 7 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to conservative@lemm.ee
https://abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-penny-jury-trial-vote-jordan-neely/story?id=116404879
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s very unusual what the judge did. It means the prosecution over charged and couldn’t prove their case. The charges should be dropped or a new trial.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
I don’t get why they didn’t just rule a mistrial. Did the judge wanna get him convicted so bad that second charges were needed?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That is exactly why. They want a conviction, but that isn’t how it should work.