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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Philip Marcelo

Jurors in NYC subway chokehold case tell judge they can't reach a unanimous verdict

Subway Chokehold Death - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The jurors in Daniel Penny’s fatal subway chokehold trial told the judge Friday morning that they can't reach a unanimous verdict on the top charge of manslaughter.

Judge Maxwell Wiley is considering whether to give them what's known as an Allen charge — an instruction urging them to make every possible effort to reach a verdict.

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