Penny has been acquitted in the death of the May 2023 death of homeless man Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. The verdict comes after the 12-person jury, which had been deliberating for nearly 20 hours over four days, told Judge Maxwell Wiley on Friday that it was deadlocked on Penny's manslaughter charge.

The more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter was dismissed Friday after the jury was unable to reach a verdict on it. The case catapulted into the national spotlight after video of the chokehold went viral following Neely's death,

People in New York weigh-in on the conclusion of the fatal subway chokehold case and whether they feel safe on the city's transit system.