Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death

A jury in New York found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the subway chokehold killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who had struggled with mental illness and who showed disruptive behavior on the subway, according to witnesses. NBC News' Laura Jarrett reports.

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Daniel Penny Is Acquitted in Death of Jordan Neely on Subway

Daniel Penny, a former Marine who choked a fellow subway rider on an uptown F train last year, was acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide on Monday, ending a case that had come to ...
The New York Times - 1d
Daniel Penny acquitted in NYC subway chokehold trial

Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car in 2023. Alice Gainer has more.
CBS News - 2d
Ex-Marine acquitted in chokehold death of homeless man on NY subway

The case sparked weeks of protests and reignited national debate over race, mental illness, and public safety in the US.
BBC News - 2d
Daniel Penny found not guilty in Jordan Neely NYC subway chokehold death

Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged for the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide. CBS News New York breaks down the verdict with civil ...
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Daniel Penny found not guilty in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely

On the fifth day of jury deliberations, Daniel Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway. NBC News' Rehema Ellis reports ...
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Daniel Penny Trial: Manslaughter Charge Dismissed in NYC Subway Chokehold Case

Jurors in the Daniel Penny trial in Manhattan deadlocked on Friday. Next week they will begin deliberating a lesser charge against him in the death last year of Jordan Neely.
The New York Times - 5d
NYC subway chokehold victim's father sues Daniel Penny

The father of Jordan Neely, the man who died after a Marine veteran on a New York City subway car put him in a chokehold, has announced a lawsuit against the man facing charges of manslaughter in ...
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Was Daniel Penny 'reckless'? Jurors deliberate on subway chokehold death

Daniel Penny is accused of putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold for six minutes on a New York subway train.
Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3