Fate of Daniel Penny, On Trial for Death of Michael Jackson Impersonator, Could Hinge on the Word ‘Homicide’
The defense and prosecution fought over the utterance in court of the word ‘homicide’, which jurors could misunderstand to mean ‘murder’.

The word ‘homicide’ ratcheted up tensions between the defense and the prosecution in the trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged with causing the death of a Michael Jackson impersonator, Jordan Neely, on a New York subway car last year.
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