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Former Marine who choked NYC subway rider to death is released on bond

Daniel Penny was freed pending trial hours after turning himself in and answering criminal charges in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely.

By Associated Press

May 12, 2023

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People walk past graffiti calling attention to death of Jordan Neely that was painted on the sidewalk at an entrance to Washington Square Park, Friday, May 5, in New York.
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A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, at Washington Square Park in New York. Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday, May 11, that they will bring criminal charges against Daniel Penny, the man who used a deadly chokehold on Neely, an unruly passenger, aboard a New York City subway train. The incident stirred outrage and debates about the response to mental illness in the nation’s largest transit system.
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Daniel Penny arrives to surrender at the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, in New York.
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Thomas A. Kenniff, attorney for Daniel Penny, speaks to members of media outside at the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, in New York. Manhattan prosecutors announced Thursday they would bring the criminal charge against Penny, 24, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, in the May 1 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely.
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Daniel Penny, center, is walked by New York Police Department detectives detectives out of the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, in New York.
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Daniel Penny, center, is walked by New York Police Department detectives detectives out of the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, in New York.
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Daniel Penny, center, is walked by New York Police Department detectives detectives out of the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, in New York.
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Daniel Penny's attorney, Thomas Kenniff, enters Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, May 12, in New York. Penny, 24, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, appeared in court hours after turning himself in at a police station after prosecutors said they were charging him in connection with the May 1 death of Jordan Neely.
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Daniel Penny leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, May 12, in New York.
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From right, attorney Donte Mills; Jordan Neely's father, Andre Zachery; attorney Lennon Edwards; and Neely's aunt Mildred Mahazu appears at a news conference in New York City on Friday, May 12.
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Daniel Penny leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, May 12, in New York.
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Daniel Penny leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, May. 12, in New York.

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