the 'system' is constantly failing us and here's a prime example;

If you’ve ever wondered whether a not-guilty verdict made it all up to Daniel Penny, the man who was on trial for manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely on the New York City subway, his attorney wants you to know that it was “hell” on him — and remains so.

In an appearance on Fox News last month, Thomas Kenniff, the attorney who defended the Marine Corps veteran in a Manhattan courtroom, told Jacqui Heinrich that the jury’s decision “does not relieve the trauma,” either personally or financially, for his client.

Penny was the man who restrained Neely, a mentally ill man who was screaming at passengers and threatening them on May 1, 2023. Neely ended up dying, and, even though it was clear that he was mostly the author of his own demise, he also became a cause célèbre of the left. That led to charges for Penny and a year and a half through the criminal justice system.

The fact that Neely threatened passengers with the words “I don’t have food. I don’t have a drink. I’m fed up. I don’t mind going to jail and getting life in prison. I’m ready to die,” apparently persuaded enough people on the jury that he was guilty of neither charge he was on trial for. They had initially deadlocked on the manslaughter charge on Dec. 6, at which point a judge dismissed it..........more........