Additional Coverage:
- Alvin Bragg trying to ‘strong-arm’ Daniel Penny jury into deciding on negligent homicide: Andy McCarthy (foxnews.com)
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is accused of pressuring the jury in the Daniel Penny trial to reach a verdict by dismissing the manslaughter charge.
Penny was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who threatened passengers on a subway.
After jurors reached a deadlock, prosecutors asked to dismiss the manslaughter charge, allowing the jury to consider the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.
Critics argue that Bragg’s strategy was to increase the odds of conviction by giving the jury a compromise option. They believe the prosecution should never have been brought as Penny was acting in self-defense.
Commentators have expressed outrage over the case, comparing it to the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse and accusing the prosecution of radicalizing people by demonizing a hero who saved lives.