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Daniel Penny’s chokehold of Jordan Neely isn’t what killed the homeless man — he died from the “combined effects” of synthetic marijuana, schizophrenia and other factors, the defense’s ...
Daniel Penny held Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold for some six minutes after his fellow passengers had escaped the subway car and the screaming man’s threats — despite having “no one left ...
The judge dismissed the manslaughter charge Friday. Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the death of Jordan Neely by the jury on Monday. Penny, a 26-year ...
Daniel Penny returned to a Manhattan courthouse this morning for opening statements in his manslaughter trial for the death of Jordan Neely, an erratic homeless man he placed in a chokehold during ...
Witness Eric Gonzalez, who helped Daniel Penny restrain Jordan Neely, appears in court Tuesday to testify that it looked as if Neely was trying to “escape” Penny’s chokehold. Steven Hirsch ...
Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny returns to the Manhattan Criminal Courtroom after a break for jury selection in his trial for the death of Jordan Neely, a man whose death has been ruled a homicide ...
Two European eyewitnesses to the altercation that left Jordan Neely dead and New York City Marine infantry veteran Daniel Penny facing manslaughter charges have gone home and refused to cooperate ...
The father of a homeless New York City man who died after a Marine veteran put him in a chokehold to stop an outburst that included death threats against subway passengers is suing. Jordan Neely ...
Marine veteran Daniel Penny was acquitted by a Manhattan jury Monday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely — a lightning-rod case that cast a light on the mayhem plaguing Big Apple subways.
Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who killed Jordan Neely, a homeless man known as a Michael Jackson impersonator around New York City, was found not guilty on a charge of criminally negligent ...
A man who aided Daniel Penny while he restrained Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold aboard a subway car in May 2023 recalled telling the former U.S. Marine he could safely release his grip from ...