Oct 27, 2024 · The makeup of the jury, pivotal in determining Penny’s legal fate, is primarily delineated not by race, age, or gender but by their mode of daily commute. As jury selection commenced last week, roughly 450 potential jurors were called upon by Judge Maxwell Wiley to participate in a selection process that would last for six weeks.

Dec 9, 2024 · Daniel Penny’s criminal trial over the death of Jordan Neely has become the latest cultural flash point underscoring deep divisions in how Americans view issues of race, crime and mental health...

Oct 31, 2024 · Defense attorney Thomas Kenniff called the accusation “outrageous” and founded on “unsteady grounds.” The prosecutor insisted, the defense had used eight out of their nine …

Dec 7, 2024 · Members of New York's Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapter rebuked the jury and judge assigned to Daniel Penny's manslaughter trial, with one activist saying on Friday that "white supremacy got...

On December 9, 2024, a jury reached a unanimous “not guilty” verdict, acquitting Penny of criminally negligent homicide. The jury deliberated for over 24 hours over the course of five days.

Dec 9, 2024 · WASHINGTON - Today, on the fifth day of deliberations, a jury acquitted Daniel Penny, a white man who killed Jordan Neely, a 30-year old Black man that was experiencing a mental health crisis on the New York City subway before Penny placed him in a chokehold, leading to his tragic death.

Oct 28, 2024 · Six Manhattanites were picked Monday to serve on the jury at Daniel Penny’s lightning-rod manslaughter trial over the fatal subway chokehold of homeless man Jordan Neely — including two who said...

Dec 3, 2024 · A jury in New York is deliberating after closing arguments concluded on Tuesday in the case of Daniel Penny, the ex-Marine on trial for second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent...

Dec 11, 2024 · On Monday, Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old white man, was acquitted of all charges related to the 1 May 2023 killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man with severe mental illness, on a New York City subway train.

Nov 4, 2024 · Penny, a Marine veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2023 death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train.