NEW YORK (AP) – A defense lawyer asked jurors to put themselves in frightened New York City subway riders’ shoes on Monday at the trial of Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran charged with choking Jordan Neely, an irate, homeless man, to death after an outburst last year on a train.
Prosecutors countered that Penny was way too forceful and reckless in responding to Neely.
Daniel Penny charges
Both sides gave closing arguments Monday at Penny’s trial on manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges. Penny, who gripped Neely’s neck…