Dafna Yoran, the lead prosecutor in the subway chokehold case against Daniel Penny, once pushed for a lenient "restorative justice" penalty for a Manhattan killer.

Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran presented her arguements in the Daniel Penny NYC subway chokehold trial. She told the ...

A Manhattan judge on Friday agreed to drop the top charge against Daniel Penny in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. “We move to dismiss the top count of manslaughter in the second ...

SHALOM YORAN 1925-2012 For three years, Shalom Yoran survived the German occupation of Poland even as he saw his fellow Jews slaughtered by the Nazis. When he and his family inevitably became ...

At that point, Yoran said, Neely, who was 6 foot 1 and weighed about 150 pounds at the time of his death, was outnumbered and “a chokehold was not necessary,” but Penny did not relent.

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments are set to wrap up Tuesday in the trial of a Marine veteran charged with recklessly choking to death an irate homeless man on a New York subway ...

Medina will be cooking up a post-Passover Mexican-Jewish meal to raise money for Living With Dignity, an Art Foundation initiative that provides mobility tools to elders.This weekend’s brunch is ...

Varda Yoran was born in China to Jewish parents who emigrated from Russia. She has spent time in many countries such as Israel and the UK and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments are set to wrap up Tuesday in the trial of a Marine veteran charged with recklessly choking to death an ...