you're an idiotYou can’t prove murder
They can’t prove he meant to kill him based on that video and what we heard they would lose. Meanwhile props to them for not going for negligent homicide which would be he easier one to prove but only has a 1-4 year sentence maximum. This is going to be a high profile case and outside money through either rich donors or gofundme is going to get Penny a great lawyer. The DA is going to have go out there an show he fukked up royally doing a 15 chokehold because he should have known that would kill someone and hope the jury holds him accountable.
NY Penal Law § 125.25: Murder in the second degree
If you intentionally or recklessly cause the death of another person, you could face a homicide charge. There are several different offenses in the New York criminal code related to taking the life of another person including homicide, manslaughter and murder. Of all of the crimes related to homicide, the most serious are murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, and aggravated murder. Each is a class A-I felony, meaning that if you are convicted you could be sentenced to life in prison. Under New York Penal Law § 125.25, you could be prosecuted for murder in the second degree if you:
1. Intentionally caused the death of another person,
2. Recklessly caused the death of another person under the conditions that showed that you had a depraved indifference for human life,
DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE refers to a
person’s state of mind in recklessly engaging in conduct which
creates a grave risk of death.8
A person has a depraved
indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard
for the value of human life – a willingness to act, not because he
or she means to cause grievous harm [to the person who is
killed], but because he or she simply does not care whether or not
grievous harm will result.9
In other words, a person who is
depravedly indifferent is not just willing to take a grossly
unreasonable risk to human life - - that person does not care how
the risk turns out.