Daniel Penny’s Lawyer Dismisses Claims His Client Wanted to Kill Someone

Marine veteran Daniel Penny is walked out of the New York Police Department’s 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan on his way to an arraignment on May 12, 2023. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

An attorney for Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the death of homeless man Jordan Neely on a subway train in New York City on May 1, said it’s “absurd” for the Neely family’s attorney to claim his client believed he had the right to take someone’s life.

Thomas Kenniff made the remarks while responding to an earlier statement by the Neely family’s attorney, Donte Mills, in reaction to Penny’s recent interview with the New York Post.