Daniel Penny found NOT GUILTY of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely death

26-year-old Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide issued in the subway chokehold case. On Friday, the count of manslaughter was dismissed after the jury was deadlocked. Judge Maxwell Wiley in the case instructed them to go ahead and deliberate on the second count, criminally negligent homicide.

The verdict comes after nearly one week after the jury began deliberations. They began deliberating the second count on Monday morning. Applause reportedly broke out from the Penny side of the courtroom Monday morning as the verdict was read, per Inner City Press, men in the gallery said, "It's a small world, buddy" and "It's a racist country!" The defense had moved for a mistrial Monday morning after protests were heard from outside the building. Protestors had chanted "Daniel Penny, subway strangler," and "If we don't get no justice, they don't get no peace," which was captured on Penny's lawyer's cell phone. The judge denied the request for a mistrial but allowed the video to go into the court records.
 

Jury entering!
Clerk: How do you find on Daniel Penny on Count 2?
Foreperson: Not guilty.
From Penny said, applause
Judge: Be quiet.
From Neely side: ... gonna be killed..
Judge: Out.
From Nelly side: It's a small world, buddy.. It's a racist country!

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) December 9, 2024