Defense rests in Daniel Penny trial after testimony contradicting 'chokehold' charge

Balazs Barabas

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Daniel Penny, accused of manslaughter in last year's death of a Black homeless man on the New York City subway, rested their case Friday after disputing his "chokehold" actually caused the man's death. Perry's lawyers wrapped up their case in Manhattan Criminal Court without calling the 26-year-old ex-Marine to the stand as he faces charges of causing the death of troubled, homeless Jordan Neely by putting him in a fatal chokehold in May 2023 after Neely made