Daniel Penny

Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.

Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran, is facing more than a decade behind bars. The defense, which rested its case on Friday, has said he held Jordan Neely down for nearly six minutes to protect others on the F train. The state has an alternative view, saying what he did is criminal negligent homicide and manslaughter. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield...

The defense in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny called a forensic pathologist to the witness stand today. News 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

A forensic pathologist disputes a New York City medical examiner’s determination that former Marine Daniel Penny killed another man by placing him in a chokehold on a subway train last year.

Rana Novini has the latest for NBC New York. 

A former Marine combat instructor testified that Daniel Penny misused a combat maneuver when he fatally choked Jordan Neely aboard a Manhattan subway, saying he appeared to have attempted a “blood choke” and should’ve known to let go after Neely lost consciousness.

There was new testimony in Daniel Penny’s manslaughter trial in Manhattan from one of the witnesses. A man who helped pin down Jordan Neely’s hands while Penny held him in a chokehold on the subway took the stand, but that same witness also admitted to initially lying to police about what happened that day on the F train. NBC New...

A subway commuter who helped an ex-Marine restrain an agitated man aboard a Manhattan subway last year testified that he tried to convince the veteran to loosen his grip around the man’s neck.

Never-before-seen cellphone video showed the moment Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train in May 2023. It came out during day 2 of the manslaughter trial against the Marine veteran. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Jurors have seen video of Daniel Penny gripping a man around the neck on a New York City subway train as another passenger beseeched the Marine veteran to let go.

The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, began Friday, with jurors seeing police bodycam video from the moments when officers arrived at the scene. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: Penny didn’t mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way too far” in trying to neutralize someone he saw as a threat and not as...

Jury selection continued Friday, but no jurors have yet been chosen in the case against Daniel Penny.

Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, the Marines veteran accused of putting Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train last year. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, a retired Marine charged in the deadly subway chokehold of Jordan Neely.

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, a retired Marine charged in the deadly subway chokehold of Jordan Neely. Penny has pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who was shouting and begging for money on a Manhattan train last May. To get a…

Daniel Penny, the retired Marine charged in a deadly chokehold on the subway, suffered a legal setback Friday, as the jury will be able to hear some of the things he told police in the immediate aftermath of the incident.

Daniel Penny was back in court on Thursday for a hearing involving evidence that could be presented at his manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide trial in just days from now.

A retired Marine charged in a deadly chokehold on the subway in 2023 returned to court Thursday in the a case that captivated the country. Daniel Penny faces charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charge in the death of Jordan Neely. He was in court Thursday for an all-day hearing regarding evidence that could be presented in trial. NBC New...

A judge has denied a motion by attorneys for Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who placed Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway last year, to dismiss the case. The decision came in court on Wednesday. The judge ordered Penny back to court in late March. His trial is tentatively expected to start...