A jury found him guilty of two murders. Here’s why an appeals court is giving a convicted killer a second chance

Penna, 31, was found guilty of the 2015 murders of Wayne Dixon, 58, and Freddy Sanchez, 49, inside their Greenacres home. The attack was random, but it wasn’t the only crime Penna committed. He went on to taste the victims’ blood, “just because,” steal a car, kidnap a coworker and stab a dog, among other things.