Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of strangling homeless man Jordan Neely to death on a New York City subway last May, will go on trial for manslaughter on October 8. A Manhattan judge made the announcement Wednesday.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley said during the hearing that the trial would likely last about four weeks, but could last up to six weeks.
Penny, who was wearing a charcoal suit, white shirt and maroon tie, left the courtroom with his lawyers and did not comment.
But outside, a lawyer representing the Neely family said his clients were “still suffering, still suffering.”
Attorney Lennon Edwards said, “While justice has not yet been served, we continue to hope and believe that justice will be served in this case.” The family hopes this trial will serve the public well. He added that he hoped to give “perspective.” The true image of Daniel Penny that day. ”
“He was the dangerous man,” the lawyer added. “Daniel Penny was the judge, jury, and executioner that day. And when this trial begins, he will face the judge, jury, and sentence.”
Penny, a former infantry squad leader, was charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 murder of Neely, who was caught on camera killing Neely on the floor of a Manhattan F train.
Penny’s lawyers argued in October that prosecutors’ instructions to a grand jury were flawed and that the city medical examiner did not conclusively determine that Penny’s actions during the struggle killed the homeless man. , had asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
But Wiley struck that aside, ruling that the examiner’s testimony and Neely’s death certificate were sufficient to “establish that defendant’s actions caused Neely’s death.”
