The jury in the Daniel Penny trial was unable to reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge after over three days of deliberation, prompting the District Attorney to drop the charge and allow the jury to consider a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide instead.
Judge Maxwell Wiley issued an Allen charge to encourage the jurors to continue their discussions despite the deadlock on the manslaughter charge, as he emphasized the need for consensus in such a serious case.
The decision to reduce the charge means that even if convicted of criminally negligent homicide, Daniel Penny may only face up to four years in prison, significantly less than the potential 15-year sentence for manslaughter.
Penny's defense team expressed relief at the dismissal of the manslaughter charge, arguing against the Allen charge's coercive nature, while the jury is set to continue deliberating on the lesser charge.
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