Daniel Penny Pleads Not Guilty In NYC Subway Choking

Gothamist reports:

The 24-year-old Marine veteran accused of fatally choking a homeless man on the subway last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court to charges of manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide after a grand jury voted to indict him earlier this month.

At a brief arraignment, prosecutors unsealed the charges against Daniel Penny, who put Jordan Neely, 30, in a chokehold on an uptown F train. If convicted of the top charge, he could spend a maximum of five to 15 years in prison, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

Penny was previously arraigned in mid-May on one charge of second-degree manslaughter and posted his $100,000 bond almost immediately after his court appearance. Judge Maxwell Wiley did not set a new bail at his second arraignment.

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Daniel Penny pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide after a grand jury voted to indict him earlier this month.

If convicted of the top charge, he could spend a maximum of 25 years in prison. https://t.co/BFJdcpC77p

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