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Prosecutor In Daniel Penny Case Sought Light Sentence For Criminal Who Killed An Elderly Professor
Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Dafna Yoran is facing scrutiny for racial bias in her approach to justice in the Daniel Penny case.
By Carmen Schober2 min read
This stems from her starkly different handling of two high-profile cases: her aggressive prosecution of Penny, a white Marine veteran, and her push for a reduced sentence under "restorative justice" for Matthew Lee, a black man convicted of killing an 87-year-old Korean American professor during a robbery.