As jurors in the Daniel Penny trial continue to weigh the evidence, yesterday marked another day without a verdict on the charges stemming from the death of Jordan Neely in a chokehold incident on a New York City subway. Penny, a Marine veteran faces charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, connected to the altercation that occurred May last year.

The jury, comprising seven women and five men, has spent around nine hours deliberating thus far, and they're due to resume this morning, CBS News New York reports. Deliberative efforts have seen jurors revisiting key video evidence and testimony, including body camera footage from responding officers and a bystander's video, together with Penny's own statements in a police interview.

Significant attention has been given to the cause of Neely's death with the city medical examiner reporting the cause as compression of the neck, while a defense-hired pathologist pointed to other factors, such as drug use and a sickle cell crisis.

In court, defense attorney Thomas Kenniff expressed concerns over Penny's treatment by protesters outside the courthouse, with reports of one individual following and banging on Penny's car doors, and hurling "violent" slurs as well. However, Judge Maxwell Wiley upheld the public's right to court access, noting that courthouse incidents have been addressed but wouldn't extend to behavior outside, as stated by The Associated Press.

The case, which has ignited discussions about public safety, the boundaries of self-defense, responses to mental illness, and the racial dynamics at play—the defendant is white, while the deceased Neely was Black—continues to be closely followed. Jurors will return to the courtroom to hear more from city medical examiner Dr. Cynthia Harris before further deliberations, with the weight of a potential 15-year sentence for manslaughter hanging in the balance if they find Penny guilty.