{"id":134239,"date":"2024-12-07T06:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134239"},"modified":"2024-12-07T06:17:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:17:48","slug":"jury-gets-ok-to-consider-lesser-charge-in-daniel-penny-nyc-subway-chokehold-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134239","title":{"rendered":"Jury gets OK to consider lesser charge in Daniel Penny NYC subway chokehold case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The judge overseeing the trial of a man <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-death-trial-neely-2ac2a4bce3ec74382722e9ac0e694283\">accused of using<\/a><\/span> a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors\u2019 request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count after they deadlocked on whether Daniel Penny was guilty of manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Maxwell Wiley\u2019s decision will let jurors deliberate a charge of criminally negligent homicide, which carries a lighter punishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether that makes any difference or not, I have no idea. But I\u2019m going to direct you to focus your deliberations on count two,\u201d he said, before directing them to \u201cgo home and think about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s decision came hours after Manhattan jurors sent him a note saying they couldn\u2019t agree on a manslaughter verdict. Jurors previously were instructed that they needed to reach a verdict on the top charge before they could consider the lesser count.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors have been deliberating since Tuesday on whether to convict Penny in the death of Jordan Neely. Penny, a former U.S. Marine, placed Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes on a New York City subway in May 2023 after Neely got on the car yelling and asking people for money.<\/p>\n<p>Manslaughter requires proving a defendant recklessly caused another person\u2019s death, and carries up to 15 years. Criminally negligent homicide involves engaging in serious \u201cblameworthy conduct\u201d while not perceiving such a risk and carries punishments ranging from probation to up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Penny\u2019s lawyers objected to the dismissal, saying it would encourage district attorneys to pursue more serious charges before grand juries, knowing they can seek dismissal of them at trial. Defense lawyer Thomas Kenniff called it a \u201csignificant policy concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before taking a lunch break Friday, the jury also requested clarification on how they determine whether a person reasonably believes physical force to be necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to better understand the term \u2018reasonable person,\u2019\u201d their note read in part.<\/p>\n<p>Wiley told the jury it was for them to decide what a reasonable person would do in the situation \u2014 whether a person would have reasonably believed Neely was about to use physical force against Penny or someone else.<\/p>\n<p>The jury made several other requests to the judge since entering deliberations. <\/p>\n<p>They asked to review the police and bystander video at the center of the trial. They requested a readout of a city medical examiner\u2019s testimony. They also asked the judge to re-read the criminal definitions of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/judges\/cji\/2-PenalLaw\/125\/125-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recklessness<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/judges\/cji\/2-PenalLaw\/125\/125-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">negligence<\/a><\/span> in open court and be provided with written copies of the statutes.<\/p>\n<p>Neely, 30, was a sometime subway performer with a tragic life story: His mother was killed and stuffed in a suitcase when he was a teenager. His adult life spiraled into homelessness, psychiatric hospitalizations, drug abuse and criminal convictions, including for assaulting people at subway stations.<\/p>\n<p>Penny, 26, went on to study architecture. He is white. Neely was Black. <\/p>\n<p>Penny\u2019s lawyers have said he was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-subway-chokehold-death-jordan-neely-fdbfcaf48fa0ae91624663ee70bd568f\">protecting himself and other subway passengers<\/a><\/span> from a volatile, mentally ill man who was making alarming remarks and gestures. Prosecutors <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-death-trial-neely-2ac2a4bce3ec74382722e9ac0e694283\">said Penny reacted far too forcefully<\/a><\/span> to someone he perceived as a peril, not a person.<\/p>\n<p>During the monthlong trial, the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-subway-chokehold-death-jordan-neely-penny-4dcc87ff7a54de125625297bdd56a095\">anonymous jury<\/a><\/span> heard from witnesses, police, pathologists, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-jordan-neely-manhattan-da-dc33e039f156ae4e4235e1ad36e40c11\">a Marine Corps instructor who trained Penny<\/a><\/span> in chokehold techniques, as well as Penny\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-jordan-neely-death-subway-trial-cdd41bc26d2174e54715de7f3567f5ff\">relatives, friends<\/a><\/span> and fellow Marines. Penny <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-death-trial-baa405c05dae9b45f5587bb1198c3a3d\">chose not to testify<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The case became a flashpoint in the nation\u2019s debate over racial injustice and crime, as well as the city\u2019s ongoing struggle to deal with homelessness and mental health crises in a transit system used by millions of New Yorkers every day.<\/p>\n<p>There were sometimes <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/daniel-penny-nassau-county-subway-chokehold-death\/13293613\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dueling demonstrations<\/a><\/span> outside the courthouse, and high-profile <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2024-republicans-subway-chokehold-death-be39b29eef4529bf996c13ec5bcd22ef\">Republican politicians portrayed Penny as a hero<\/a><\/span> while prominent <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jordan-neely-daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-funeral-1bc99d85bc399c4e22a07039876a24d4\">Democrats went to Neely\u2019s funeral<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writer Michael Hill in Albany, New York, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daniel-penny-nyc-subway-chokehold-death-trial-e7db3b52395aa61a80adbac5cf8ea9b4\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134239\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}