Daniel Penny’s Jury Deadlocked Over Manslaughter Charge In Subway Chokehold Trial

The jury deliberating over Daniel Penny’s trial for the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely revealed they are deadlocked on the charge of manslaughter.

On Friday morning they 12-person jury sent a note to the New York court informing the judge they were having trouble deciding whether Penny “recklessly” caused Neely’s death by placing him in a chokehold for six minutes back in May 2023.

The jury has been deliberating for over 16 hours since Tuesday afternoon. The trial judge and attorneys are currently deciding how to respond to the jury’s impasse.

Penny, 26, faces one second-degree count of manslaughter and one count of criminal negligent homicide for Neely’s death. According to the verdict sheet, the jury cannot convict Penny of both charges. If they find him not guilty of manslaughter, they can can only consider the negligent homicide charge.

If convicted on the manslaughter charge, Penny could face up to 15 years in prison. Negligent homicide carries a sentence of up to four years.

On May 1, 2023, Neely entered an NYC subway car where he began acting erratically by screaming at passengers that he didn’t care if he died and threw down his jacket. Witnesses and footage shows Penny putting Neely in a chokehold, forcing him to the floor and restraining him for several minutes before police arrived.

Neely was found nonresponsive at the scene by law enforcement.

Watch the clip above via CNN.