A Manhattan coroner testified last week that after viewing video of the incident, he believes Daniel Penny was the sole cause of Jordan Neely's death, even if Neely had drugs in his system. did.
Dr. Cynthia Harris, who performed his autopsy, told jurors that she did not wait for a toxicology report to declare his cause and manner of death to be asphyxia, not cardiac arrest, the New York Post reported. Reported. reported. Harris said she would support the sentence even though Neely had “enough to knock down an elephant” in his system.
“I wasn't trying to kill the man. I was just trying to de-escalate the situation.”
Harris initially said Neely's cause of death was “inconclusive.” The video showed Neely suffocating and “dead” with Penny's arm wrapped around her neck, so they watched the video and determined that Neely's death was due to “suffocation.” , said that the cause had changed.
“After I saw that, I had no further questions about how he died,” Harris testified. Because “there is no reasonable alternative explanation.”
Toxicology reports confirmed that Neely had used the synthetic cannabis drug K2 before making the threat on a New York City subway car in May 2023. Prosecutors told the jury that while it was understandable that Penny would initially restrain Neely, not having him restrained him went too far. He followed the passenger who got out of the car.
“I wasn't trying to kill the man. I was just trying to de-escalate the situation,” Penny said in videotaped questioning shown to jurors.
Due to the controversy surrounding the case and the decision by Alvin Bragg's office to press charges, Eric Gonzalez, who helped Penny in Neely's arrest, was initially questioned by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office as a suspect in Neely's death. He testified that he lied. Gonzalez lied because he feared he would be “called out” for Neely's death, telling prosecutors he arrived at the scene earlier than he actually did and claimed Neely had punched him. Neely was not accused of having any physical contact with anyone until Penny restrained him.
Penny's defense plans to call their own witnesses this week as prosecutors compile a lengthy list of witnesses.
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