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Jaclyn Diaz

Daniel Penny is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday in New York. (Jeenah Moon/AP)

Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old man who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway more than a week ago, was arraigned and criminally charged in a Manhattan court room Friday.

Penny, a former U.S. Marine who is white, is facing a felony charge of second-degree manslaughter for the death of Neely, a 30-year-old Black man who was homeless. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

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