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Daniel Penny trial: 3 pieces of evidence jurors asked to see again during deliberations

Jurors asked to review several videos and other evidence Wednesday as they continued deliberating the case against Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely.......                    ...                        ...NEW YORK — The jurors weighing 26-year-old Marine veteran Daniel Penny's fate Wednesday asked the judge for another look at three key pieces of evidence in his You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Penny is accused of recklessly and negligently killing Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia who was high on drugs and shouting death threats at subway passengers, telling them someone was going to "die today" and that he didn't care about going to prison for life. Penny grabbed him from behind in a chokehold to stop the outburst.......Neely had an active arrest warrant at the time of his death. He was high on K2, a synthetic marijuana drug that functions as a stimulant, and his lengthy criminal record included a 2021 assault on a 67-year-old woman at another subway station.......Here's a look at the evidence jurors asked to see again.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Daniel Penny's NYPD interrogation......People's Exhibit 36A: Daniel Penny waived his Miranda rights and sat down with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login after remaining on scene after the incident. Detectives Michael Medina and Brian McCarthy interviewed him at the Fifth Precinct building in Manhattan for about 25 minutes. ......They did not inform him Neely had died.......WATCH: Court releases Daniel Penny's police interview in Jordan Neely chokehold trial......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"He was talking gibberish ... but these guys are pushing people in front of trains and stuff," he told detectives. There were more than 20 subway shoves in the year before Penny's encounter with Neely.......Penny did not testify at trial, so his interrogation is the only firsthand commentary shown to the jury in court......."Some guy came in, and he's like with his jacket off. And he's like, 'I'm gonna You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. I'm gonna go to prison forever. I don't care,'" Penny said.......He said he exchanged looks with the person next to him and asked the person to hold his phone. He took his earbuds out. Then he grabbed Neely from behind in a headlock......."I just kind of, like, grabbed him from behind," he said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Hmm," one of the detectives interrupted......."Because he was acting like a lunatic, like a crazy person," Penny continued. "So, and he was rolling around the floor. And, at that point, the train stopped. I was like, 'Someone call the cops,' and he's still, like, rolling around, still going crazy. I had two other guys kind of help me just kind of keep him from going nuts. And, yeah, that's when you guys came."......The interrogation video was brought into evidence Nov. 14.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The Vazquez video......People's Exhibit 12: It was taken by journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez, who was on the train during the incident. It is the full video he took that day, which includes images that have been circulating publicly since May 2023.......Jurors saw the video played repeatedly during expert testimony. It shows Neely and Penny on the floor of the train car and another man named You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login holding Neely's arms down during the struggle.......Brought into evidence Nov. 4.......NYPD bodycam compilation......People's Exhibit 34: Shows the points of view from several officers, including the first to arrive......."He was threatening everybody who came up to the train," Penny says, explaining he didn't know whether Neely had any weapons but placed him in a chokehold.......WATCH: NYPD bodycam shows Daniel Penny on subway car after Jordan Neely chokehold......Officers attempt to resuscitate Neely, who they say has a pulse but is not breathing. ......Officers tell Penny they want to speak with him at the precinct. Before they leave, he briefly explains what happened again......."He came on, threw all his s--- down, was just like very aggressive and was like, 'I'm ready to die. I'm gonna go to prison forever,'" he said. "Started to go crazy."......Brought into evidence Nov. 12.......Jurors also asked for the judge to read his instructions again regarding "justification," whether Penny's use of force was legally justified given the threat Neely posed. ......The jury also requested testimony from forensic pathologist Dr. Cynthia Harris on cross-examination from Nov. 15, when she answered the defense about issuing the second death certificate and mentioned she would not have changed her mind even if the tests showed the presence of fentanyl. ......They asked to hear all testimony until and including the part where she admits she told the grand jury she didn't know if she observed "consistently sufficient pressure." ...

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