Daniel Penny Raises $1.5 Million After Being Charged in Death of Jordan Neely | NTD

A crowdfunding campaign supporting the legal defense fund for former Marine Daniel Penny, who was charged in the death of a homeless man on the New York City subway, has surged to more than $1.5 million in a few days.

His lawyers, Thomas Kenniff and Steven Kaiser, launched the campaign on the crowdfunding site GiveSendGo last week, saying that Penny was only protecting individuals on a subway train from what they described as an assailant, who later died. Penny, 24, was arraigned Friday on one count of second-degree manslaughter for allegedly fatally choking 30-year-old Jordan Neely.

According to prosecutors, they said that Neely who has a lengthy criminal history and was described as homeless was  making threats and scaring passengers.  In New York state, a conviction for second-degree manslaughter can result in a prison sentence of up to 15 years.

via www.ntd.com

Penny passes the first hurdle of equal justice under law.