CNN —Closing arguments will take place Monday in Daniel Penny’s subway chokehold death trial in New York City. Penny, 26, is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely, a homeless New Yorker. Neely boarded a subway car in Manhattan in May 2023, acting erratically and loudly yelling when Penny put him in a chokehold. Prosecutors called several bystander witnesses to the stand: Some testified they were scared by Neely and relieved when Penny put him in a chokehold. Defense attorneys declined to call any bystanders who witnessed the subway chokehold, even saying the prosecution’s witnesses were making the case for the defense.

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