New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) defended Daniel Penny as arguments in her trial concluded and jury deliberations began. If a jury finds him guilty of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely's death, Penny could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
The trial focused on what actions Penny took to restrain Neely, who had threatened to kill her while on the subway car heading to another station. Neely also said he was not concerned about whether he would go to prison.
Tundor said Neely died from “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, schizophrenia, struggle and restraint, and synthetic marijuana.”
“We're on the subway right now and we're hearing someone talking about hurting people and killing people,” Adams told radio host Rob Astorino, according to the newspaper. spoke. daily wire. “You have someone [Penny] Who was responding on the subway and doing what we as a city were supposed to do? ”
“Passengers were scared,” he added.
Multiple witnesses, including one called by prosecutors, said they were afraid of Neely and thought this particular man was more dangerous than other psychotics on the city's subways.
“And look at how our mental health system is completely broken down, shutting down psychiatric wards and just putting people on the streets without any safety net to take in people who need help.” It’s a complete dysfunction from the era that brought it out,” Adams said. the city's continuing problems with the provision of mental health care;
The Democratic mayor took issue with how Neely was portrayed in the media, downplaying Neely's actions that led to Penny's arrest, while highlighting his Michael Jackson impersonation.
“It looked like it was a young, innocent child who was brutally murdered. That's the impression I got when I looked at the photos that were used,” Adams said.
A Manhattan medical examiner testified that Penny's embrace of Neely was the only cause of death, but even if Neely had “enough drugs in his system to bring down an elephant, that would not have been the cause of death.” It would have been.'' ” A forensic pathologist called by Penny's defense team said that was not the case.
Dr. Satish Chundru testified that air asphyxia and blood asphyxia were not the sole causes of death as there were other contributing factors. Chundru said bruises on Neely's neck and “almost negligible” small spots of bleeding found on her eyelids were not consistent with a fatal strangulation.
Tundor said Neely died from “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, schizophrenia, struggle and restraint, and synthetic marijuana,” adding that schizophrenia poses an “increased risk of sudden cardiac death.” he pointed out.
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