Judge denies Marine vet Daniel Penny's request to dismiss case

Seems like the old saying may be true. No good deed goes unpunished. A US Marine acted in hopes of saving people. He subdued a man who was acting out towards others and putting them in possible danger, but that man ended up passing away. Now the Marine is in a legal battle for his life, when all he tried to do was protect innocent people. And now look, the good guy is the one on trial. It makes no sense at all. AP reported on the judge who denied the Marine's wish for the case to be dismissed:

A judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss the case against a U.S. Marine veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway train. Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death last May of Jordan Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who witnesses say was shouting and begging for money on a Manhattan train.

Penny pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers and held him in a chokehold for more than three minutes. Neely, 30, lost consciousness during the struggle. Penny has said he acted to protect himself and others. His attorneys filed a motion seeking dismissal of the indictment, which was denied in court on Wednesday. Penny’s attorneys said after the decision that they were looking ahead to the trial, which could begin in the fall.