Jurors in the Daniel Penny chokehold trial have been deliberating for four days, focusing on the top charge of manslaughter. The 26-year-old Marine veteran and architecture student is accused of killing a mentally ill homeless man, Jordan Neely, who threatened passengers on a Manhattan subway car.
The jury sent a note to the court stating their inability to reach a unanimous vote on manslaughter in the second degree, which requires proving that Penny acted recklessly when he grabbed Neely in a chokehold during a psychotic episode.
