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(New York, NY) -- The Marine veteran charged in a deadly New York City subway chokehold has been found not guilty.
Daniel Penny was charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in last year's chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a subway train.
The jury found Penny not guilty of negligent homicide after he was acquitted of the top charge of manslaughter last week, when the jury could not reach a verdict.
New York County District Attorney Alin Bragg charged the 26-year-old former Marine with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in connection with the May 2023 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely.
On Monday, a jury found Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide three days after a Manhattan judge dismissed manslaughter charge.
The verdict was unanimous. Penny's defense argued Neely was threatening to hurt people, while prosecutors say he went too far in holding his chokehold grip.
Penny, an architecture student, was on his way to the gym when he encountered Neely on an uptown F train in Manhattan on the afternoon of May 1, 2023.