KVSP Daniel
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny “used far too much force for far too long” and though he may be an “honorable veteran” and “nice young man,” he was reckless with Jordan Neely’s life because “he didn’t recognize his humanity,” Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran said in her opening statement Friday during the trial […]
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection. The trial is expected to last between four and six weeks, […]
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Testimony about the psychiatric history of a man who died in a chokehold aboard a New York City subway is only meant to “smear” the victim and should be precluded from upcoming trial of a former Marine charged with manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a new […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge determined Wednesday. The trial will take between four and six weeks, according to Judge Max Wiley. Penny has pleaded not […]
Daniel Penny leaves the courtroom after an arraignment hearing at NYS Supreme Court on June 28, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A judge is expected to decide Wednesday if he will dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against Daniel Penny, a former Marine who choked a man to death on […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a six-minute fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train that “continued well past the point at which Mr. Neely had stopped purposeful movement,” prosecutors said Wednesday in a new court filing that opposed the defense’s motion to dismiss the case. The […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marine veteran Daniel Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide Wednesday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. Penny pleaded not guilty to the charges and is free on $100,000 bail. His next court appearance is Oct. 25. He was […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marine veteran Daniel Penny is expected to appear in court Wednesday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. He was indicted by a grand jury on June 14, but his exact charges remain sealed until Penny appears in court, according to the Manhattan […]
Joe Kohen/WireImage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who became infamous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to news outlets in 1971, has died, according to his family. He was 92 years old. Ellsberg died Friday of pancreatic cancer, which he was diagnosed with in February, his family said. Ellsberg worked as an analyst […]
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The case against the Marine veteran charged in the chokehold death of a homeless man aboard a New York City subway train is now before a grand jury, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Prosecutors are currently trying to secure an indictment after Daniel Penny, 24, was charged […]
