A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year.
The decision came after the jury deadlocked Friday on the more serious second-degree manslaughter charge.
Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, would have faced up to 15 years in prison for a manslaughter conviction.
The criminally negligent homicide charge had a sentence of up to four years.
“Daniel Penny was acquitted Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a history of mental illness whose final moments on a New York City subway train were captured on bystander video that set off weeks of… pic.twitter.com/ZsmdUir7xb
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Per CNN:
The jury deliberated for just over an hour on the criminally negligent homicide charge. On the second-degree manslaughter charge, they deliberated for 16 hours before telling the judge they were deadlocked, and another three hours before saying they were deadlocked again.
The case stems from the death of Neely, a 30-year-old street artist who struggled with homelessness, mental…
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