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  2. Johnny Paul Penry - Wikipedia

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    Johnny Paul Penry (born May 5, 1956) is a Texas prisoner serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without parole for rape and murder. He was on death row between 1980 and 2008, and his case generated discussion about the appropriateness of the death penalty for offenders who are thought to be intellectually disabled .

  3. Penry v. Lynaugh - Wikipedia

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    Penry v. Lynaugh , 492 U.S. 302 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court case that sanctioned the death penalty for mentally disabled offenders because the Court determined executing the mentally disabled was not "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment . [ 1 ]

  4. Penry v. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Penry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782 (2001), is a United States Supreme Court case which concerned whether instructions given to a Texas jury were constitutionally adequate to emphasize the mitigating factors in sentencing of defendants who are intellectually disabled ("retarded" in the Court's words.) [1] The Texas courts had determined the sentencing instructions were consistent with prior Supreme ...

  5. Daniel Penny trial live updates: Subway chokehold case ...

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    Follow The Post’s live updates from the courtroom as Daniel Penny, 26, stands trial for manslaughter after putting homeless man Jordan Neely, 30, in a chokehold onboard the subway in 2023.

  6. Daniel Penny found not guilty in NYC subway chokehold death

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    NEW YORK -- Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car in 2023.. Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran ...

  7. Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan ...

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    A Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city ...

  8. Killing of Jordan Neely - Wikipedia

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    A grand jury was impaneled on May 31 to hear Bragg's case against Penny. [70] On June 14, 2023, he was officially indicted by the grand jury. [ 71 ] At a second arraignment on June 28, 2023, the grand jury's indictment was unsealed, revealing a charge of criminally negligent homicide in addition to second-degree manslaughter, giving the trial ...

  9. How One Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Case ... - AOL

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    Proudfoot’s 2023 short documentary “Forgiving Johnny” follows Los Angeles County public defender Noah Cox as he seeks forgiveness from the justice system on behalf of his disabled client ...