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(NewsNation) — Opening arguments successful the Daniel Penny trial began Friday morning, with some prosecution and defence laying retired their arguments successful the case.
It's besides imaginable immoderate witnesses volition beryllium called.
Penny is accused of killing a mentally sick stateless man, Jordan Neely, portion riding the New York City subway.
Jury selection successful the proceedings took 8 days, and of the jury, 5 are men, 7 are women.
During the enactment process, the defence questioned them. All of the jurors ride the train, and galore person seen outbursts before, which is important for the defense.
Outside of the court, protesters gathered. Hawk Newsome, co-founder of New York's Black Lives Matter organization, spoke retired against assemblage deliberations.
"The bulk of the radical who defence assembly struck from the assemblage were Black," helium said. "Five Black people, 2 Latinos, and 1 Asian. In the full land of Manhattan, you got 1 Black antheral who is connected the jury, nary more."
Penny said Neely was threatening to termination everyone connected the train, according to tribunal documents, and that helium was consenting to spell to situation for the remainder of his life.
Penny said helium sprang into action, pinning Neely to the crushed and putting him successful a chokehold for respective minutes.
The erstwhile Marine's lawyers reason helium acted successful self-defense.
Prosecutors accidental Penny's volition was a bully one, but helium went excessively acold and utilized excessive force.
Penny's attorneys person said they privation the jurors to understand, from his perspective, what it felt similar to beryllium successful that stressful situation, confined successful a tiny container with nary quality to tally away.
They accidental they volition present Neely's intelligence wellness issues and that helium was precocious connected the cause K2 astatine the time. They besides accidental the video of the incidental is their champion portion of evidence.
Penny has pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. He faces up to 15 years successful situation if convicted of second-degree manslaughter and up to 4 years if convicted of criminally negligent homicide.
The proceedings is expected to past astatine slightest a month.
