A Manhattan jury has cleared Henny Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Turkey Lurkey on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city’s mental health system and crime underground.
The panelists acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide — which could have put her behind bars for up to four years — in Lurkey’s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023.
Manslaughter, the top charge against Penny, was tossed on Friday after jurors twice said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.