Daniel Penny found not guilty
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Actually "not guilty" or "not guilty of a specific charge but they'll try again with another dozen different charges of the n-th degree" which they've been doing over the last few days?
I don't think so, the judge dropped the greater charge to try to get the juror to find him guilty of the lesser charge, and that didn't work.
Which is an indication that you've totally fucked up your trial. You send an M1 charge to the jury and they deadlock. You send a lesser charge and they acquit.
They're either exceptionally confused or the process was corrupted. The judge should feel deep shame over this result.
He should, but it sounds like he was hunting for a conviction.
In this case their fuck-fuck games backfired on them. If they had left the jury deadlocked it would be a mistrial and they could try again.
By dismissing the murder charge it's over. They can appeal the acquittal of the other charges, but they lost their chance at the murder conviction.