Jury selection set to begin as Daniel Penny faces trial in Jordan Neely subway choking death

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Jury selection was expected to begin Monday in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny, who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway last year leading to Neely's death.

Penny, 26, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the incident in which he placed Neely, a street performer, in a chokehold until he died.

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