Daniel Penny trial live updates: Marine facing manslaughter for subway chokehold
Posted on 11/01/2024
The Manhattan trial of subway vigilante Daniel Penny opened Friday in the manslaughter case against the now 26-year-old, who put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold after the homeless man made threats on a crowded train car in 2023.
Lawyers for Penny, a Long Island native who served in the Marine Corps, told jurors Friday that “there was only one thing that Daniel Penny could do” as a disturbed Neely ranted and raved on board the train, terrifying straphangers and saying, “I will kill.”
Prosecutors maintained that the chokehold was “unnecessary,” telling the jury Penny “went too far,” and kept Neely in the chokehold even after the troubled man lost consciousness.
Live updates have ended. We’ll be back with more when the trial resumes Monday, Nov. 4.
What to know about the Daniel Penny case
Lawyers for Penny, a Long Island native who served in the Marine Corps, told jurors Friday that “there was only one thing that Daniel Penny could do” as a disturbed Neely ranted and raved on board the train, terrifying straphangers and saying, “I will kill.”
Prosecutors maintained that the chokehold was “unnecessary,” telling the jury Penny “went too far,” and kept Neely in the chokehold even after the troubled man lost consciousness.
Live updates have ended. We’ll be back with more when the trial resumes Monday, Nov. 4.
What to know about the Daniel Penny case
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