Daniel Penny’s Manslaughter Charges have been dismissed after 4 days of deliberation.

December 8, 2024- After a long deliberation, the jurors of the Daniel Penny Chokehold case have announced they cannot reach A unanimous decision.

The incident occurred over a month ago when Daniel Penny and other passengers reported a man named Jordan Neely was making threats to other passengers on the train. This is when Penny, with the help of two other passengers, subdued Neely, where Penny held him in a chokehold until police arrived.

Neely, a homeless schizophrenic, told passengers on the train that he was going to “die today” and that he didn’t care if he spent the rest of his life in jail. This was the moment when Penny and other passengers grabbed him and placed him in a chokehold.

Neely would later die. It was discovered that he had a warrant out for his arrest during the incident along with a former assault charge against a 67-year-old woman in a different subway.

Daniel Penny Trial

Charges would soon be brought against Penny after the incident which caused much public controversy. Penny was facing charges of 2nd-degree manslaughter along with negligent homicide. Conviction would have him looking at up to 15 years in prison.

Paul Mauro had this to say about the trial, “A deadlocked jury on the top charge is not a victory for the defendant in a case that should never have been brought to begin with. Daniel Penny is a young man spending thousands on attorneys, he faces a civil case, and a district attorney’s office that has chosen ideology over law enforcement may well retry him if we get a mistrial. His liberty remains at risk. This is not justice.”

While Penny is free for now, the DA can still prosecute him again in the future.