Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, who put a homeless man threatening New York City subway passengers in a fatal chokehold last year.
Penny, a 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, who was allegedly threatening passengers on the subway in May 2023. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Jason Goldman told the New York Post that the defense would likely put jurors in Penny’s shoes at the time of Neely’s death.
“Penny’s defense team will put jurors in that train car and challenge them with what the safest response would be in the face of Neely’s chaos,” Goldman told the outlet.
Court documents from the incident indicate fellow passengers were afraid of Neely and feared for their lives, The Daily Wire reported.
