Thomas Kenniff, the attorney for Daniel Penny, says he and his client don't want the Jordan Neely chokehold case to be politicized. JohnBDias reports.
Daniel Penny online legal fund raises nearly $2 million for his defense in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely"There is an assumption that if you have mental illness, if you're houseless, that there is something wrong with you and that you're a bad person," Mills said."When he was 14, his mother was killed when he was in the house. She was strangled to death, but he didn't know. Her boyfriend said, 'Don't come in here.
Penny was released on bond and did not have to enter a plea. If convicted on the manslaughter charge, he could spend 15 years in prison.
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