Daniel Penny found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely death

Daniel Penny was acquitted in the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, which prosecutors argued at trial was the result of Penny going too far in restraining Neely on a New York City subway. The verdict followed Friday’s dismissal of a more serious manslaughter charge, which jurors said they couldn’t agree on and prosecutors moved to dismiss so the jury could consider the lesser charge.

Penny’s lawyers wanted a mistrial on Friday instead of dismissing the top count, but this result leaves him clear of all charges after the jury found the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of criminally negligent homicide.