After two days, the jury hasn’t reached a verdict on a manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny.
After two days of deliberation, jurors are no closer to delivering a verdict in the case against Daniel Penny.
Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, choked sometime street performer Jordan Neely to death on the New York City subway in May 2023. Witnesses said Neely was acting erratically in the moments leading up to his death but had not threatened anyone on the train. Prosecutors say Neely’s actions crossed the line, charging him with manslaughter and negligent homicide. Neely’s attorneys maintain that he was acting in self-defense.
Penny’s jury announced that they were deadlocked on Penny’s manslaughter charge on Thursday, after 16 hours of consideration.
