Jury selection underway for NYC subway chokehold death trial
More than 80 potential jurors were brought into court for a first round of screening for a trial that's expected to continue into December
by Philip Marcelo · National PostJury selection began Monday in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train last year.
Daniel Penny, 25, is accused of “recklessly causing the death” of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old former street performer. Witnesses say Neely was acting erratically on the train on May 1, 2023, when Penny moved to restrain him.