A Manhattan grand jury could decide today or tomorrow whether to indict former Marine Daniel Penny, who has been charged with manslaughter for fatally choking homeless man Jordan Neely during a sub…
He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.Penny, who is free on $100,000 bail, first surrendered himself to cops on May 12 — or nearly two weeks after he laced his arms around the disturbed homeless man’s neck during a chaotic confrontation on an F train in Manhattan.
Penny’s lawyers have said their client acted in self-defense — Neely was allegedly yelling, screaming, and threatening other passengers, according to eyewitnesses.But he couldn’t sit still while Neely ranted.Law & Crime Network “There’s a common misconception that Marines don’t get scared. We’re actually taught one of our core values is courage, and courage is not the absence of fear but how you handle fear,” he said. “I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn’t sit still.”The city medical examiner later ruled his death a homicide, and said the troubled former street performer died from “compression of the neck.
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