US veteran Daniel Penny on trial in New York for fatal subway chokehold
Al Jazeera
Penny faces up to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the racially-charged trial.
A former United States Marine is set to go on trial for putting a man in a deadly chokehold while riding a New York subway in 2023.
The veteran, 25-year-old Daniel Penny, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter and four years if found guilty of the lesser offence of criminally negligent homicide.
Jury selection for the high-profile trial begins Monday and could last up to a week. The trial itself could last six weeks, legal experts say.
The court proceedings are putting a spotlight back on a case that sparked a national debate about race and criminal justice.
Penny, who is white, is accused of “recklessly causing the death” of Neely, a black homeless street performer who witnesses say was acting erratically on a subway train on May 1, 2023, when Penny tried to restrain him.
