A Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway � a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city�s mental health system and crime underground.

The panelists acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide � which could have put him behind bars for up to four years � in Neely�s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023.