Jurors deliberated for five days before declaring Daniel Penny not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train on 1 May 2023.
The verdict comes after prosecutors agreed to drop a more serious charge of second-degree manslaughter on Friday, as jurors could not reach an agreement.
The move allowed the jurors to move on to consider the second lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.
"We couldn't be more pleased that a jury of Danny's peers acquitted him of any wrongdoing," his lawyers said in a statement afterwards.
"New Yorkers can take some comfort in knowing that we can continue to stand up for one another without sacrificing our rights or our freedoms."
Mind you, the murderer got three million dollars in donations for his defence.
Literal murder, and for what?
lmao. The murderer was just looking for an excuse to hurt someone.
I wonder what the demographics and socio-economic status of the jurors was.
Waiting for an excuse to murder like your average cop.
To be fair, he was a US soldier.
He was in the marines for 4 years, so world cop.