Prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny has a good chance of prevailing in a civil lawsuit filed in connection with the death of homeless man Jordan Neely.
A jury acquitted Penny of manslaughter on Monday, but he now faces a civil lawsuit. lawsuit They sought damages from Neely's father, Andre Zachery. Dershowitz, “glenn beck program'' argued that the lack of a relationship between Zachery and his son and the jury's findings in the criminal trial made the case unlikely to succeed. (Related article: 'This case should be strong': Dershowitz slams brute force in charging Penny in case that could end in 'hung jury')
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“There is a civil suit filed against him, and he will prevail in that civil suit. Mr. Dershowitz said that probably because the person who filed this motion was a father who had no relationship with his son. It will never pass a motion to dismiss.” “He had no relationship with his son. He became a father to get public attention after the murder.”
Host Glenn Beck asked if Dershowitz had said that Zachery “didn't have standing” to sue Penny civilly, and the lawyer confirmed that was the case. Although Zachery was largely absent from Neely's childhood, According to Neely's profile in 2023 published by New York Magazine.
“So what are his damages? It's very difficult to understand what they are. Moreover, the jury found that there was no causal connection to the death and that it was justified. Therefore, there is no interest in the money. “Some lawyers don't want to bring that case, even with the publicity at this point,” Dershowitz added. “I think he'll be dropped. It's different from O.J. [Simpson] There was clearly a strong civil case in this case after he was acquitted, and they won the civil case, but no money was collected. ”
A criminal jury acquitted the late former football star Simpson in October 1995 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, who died in June 1994. According to In the New York Times. A jury later found Mr. Simpson responsible for the deaths of Mr. Brown and Mr. Goldman in 1997 and ordered him to pay the Goldman family $8.5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. Ta. According to To CNBC.
In 2023, Penny strangles Neely for several minutes on the New York City subway after he screams and acts erratically. Witnesses said they felt threatened by the homeless man's actions.
CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson argued Monday that the Manhattan jury was justified in acquitting Penney. He said jurors may have believed the incident was an act of self-defense or that the Marine veteran was not responsible for Neely's death due to the effects of schizophrenia and drugs in the homeless man's system. suggested that there is.
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