Daniel Penny released on bail after being charged with manslaughter in Jordan Neely subway chokehold
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Source: CBS News
A man seen on video putting another man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train was released on bail Friday after turning himself in to face criminal charges. Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, was charged with second degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday.
Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old former Michael Jackson impersonator who was homeless, died after being put in a chokehold by Penny earlier this month. Attorneys for Neely's family on Friday supported prosecutors' decision to charge Penny, but said he should have been charged with murder, not manslaughter, and that he should have been arrested sooner.
"Daniel Penny chose, intentionally chose, a technique to use that is designed to cut off air — that's what he chose — and he chose to continue to hold that chokehold minute after minute, second after second, until there was no life left in Jordan Neely," Neely family attorney Lennon Edwards told reporters Friday.
if (sic) convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, Penny could face as many as 15 years in prison. During Friday's court appearance, he didn't enter a plea and was released on $100,000 bond. He's required to surrender his passport, and he can't leave New York state without approval. His next court date was scheduled for July.
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Full headline: Daniel Penny released on bail after being charged with manslaughter in Jordan Neely subway chokehold death
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The man seen on video putting a man in a deadly chokehold turned himself in Friday morning to face criminal charges, his lawyer said. The Manhattan DA's office said Thursday that Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, will be charged with second degree manslaughter.
Jordan Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who was homeless, died after being put in a chokehold by Penny earlier this month. Witnesses told police Neely had been begging for food and acting erratically on the F train before Penny intervened.
Penny's attorney has said, in part, that he "stepped in to protect himself and his fellow New Yorkers... . We are confident that once all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are brought to bear, Mr. Penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing."
Neely's family attorney declined to comment on the charges Thursday, but is expected to speak to the media Friday morning at 11 a.m., CBS News New York reported.
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Jordan Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who was homeless, died after being put in a chokehold by Penny earlier this month. Witnesses told police Neely had been begging for food and acting erratically on the F train before Penny intervened.
Penny's attorney has said, in part, that he "stepped in to protect himself and his fellow New Yorkers... . We are confident that once all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are brought to bear, Mr. Penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing."
Neely's family attorney declined to comment on the charges Thursday, but is expected to speak to the media Friday morning at 11 a.m., CBS News New York reported.
