Anand Giridharadas says prosecutor Daphna Yoran told him Daniel Penny was unlikely to reoffend

What was said

"She said, "I know this guy is not going to commit another crime." She said, "You know, most of the cases we bring, you you want to put that person away because they're going to burgle the next house or they're going to cash the next bad check or whatever.""

Anand Giridharadas recounts an interview he says he conducted with lead prosecutor Daphna Yoran after the case. Giridharadas says Yoran told him she did not believe Penny would commit another crime, and that—unlike typical prosecutions focused on preventing further offending—the motivation here was to draw a line about what she viewed as dehumanising treatment that, she alleged, contributed to Neely’s death.