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A jury has reached a verdict within the trial of Daniel Penny, discovering the Marine veteran not responsible of criminally negligent murder within the Might 2023 subway chokehold demise of subway performer Jordan Neely. The highly-anticipated verdict got here on the fifth day of deliberations. Final week, a decide dismissed the highest rely — manslaughter — in opposition to Penny after the jury twice mentioned they might not attain a unanimous choice. They weren’t in a position to contemplate the lesser cost of criminally negligent murder till the highest rely had been resolved. Each fees had been felonies and carried…

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a lead proponent of the solitary confinement ban. Picture by Dean Moses Join our New York News e mail e-newsletter to get information, updates, and native insights delivered straight to your inbox! Metropolis lawmakers and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are taking Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to court docket over Hizzoner’s emergency govt orders suspending components of a legislation banning solitary confinement within the metropolis’s jails. The transfer marks the newest escalation in tensions between the mayor and the Metropolis Council. The go well with, which the Metropolis Council and Williams introduced Monday, was filed this morning…