MARIE POHL

MARIE POHL

New York, New York
Marie Pohl is a freelance correspondent of The New York Sun.

Marie Pohl is a published author and freelance contributor. She covers courts…

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Trump Responds to Bragg: President-Elect’s Lawyers Demand Hush-Money Case Be Thrown Out, Claim Bragg Is Focused on Re Election

Mr. Bragg recently said he still wants Trump sentenced in the hush money case, and will wait until Trump leaves office in 2029.

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Michael Jackson Impersonator Was Schizophrenic, ‘Likely Experiencing a Psychotic Episode,’ When Marine Put Him in Chokehold, Jury Hears

The defense also elicited testimony that Jordan Neely, the Michael Jackson impersonator, was a heavy user of synthetic marijuana, or K2, which can cause psychosis.

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Prosecution Rests in Marine’s Subway Chokehold Trial After Tortured Testimony of Medical Examiner Who Says Michael Jackson Impersonator Died From ‘Asphyxiation’

The first defense witnesses, both women, were Penny’s older sister and a longtime childhood friend.

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‘This Is an Asphyxial Death’: Medical Examiner at Marine Vet’s Trial Says Michael Jackson Impersonator Died From ‘Compression of the Neck’

Dr. Cynthia Harris dismissed any suggestion that Jordan Neely died from drug use: Neely could have “had enough fentanyl in his system to put down an elephant” and it wouldn’t change her diagnosis.

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‘Blood Chokes’ v. ‘Air Chokes’: Gruesome Testimony in Daniel Penny’s Trial Focuses on Marine’s Training in Deadly Martial Arts Maneuver

Also testifying was the medical examiner who says the chokehold killed Jordan Neely, something the defense disputes.

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‘He Was Rolling Around, Going Crazy’: Jury Hears Daniel Penny in His Own Words During Police Interrogation Describe Homeless Michael Jackson Impersonator

The jury also heard from the Marines martial arts trainer who taught the defendant how to perform the deadly chokehold.

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