On Monday, lawyers on each side of the case began presenting questions to potential jurors, like if they had heard of the case before. Jury selection will be tedious, as will the rest of the trial, Nicole Brenecki,

Jury selection in the criminal trial of Daniel Penny, who placed Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City train last year, began on Monday.

Over the next several weeks, a Manhattan jury will decide whether a 26-year-old former Marine should go to prison for putting another man in a fatal chokehold on the subway and continuing to squeeze his neck for about six minutes.

A trial has begun in the case of a former US Marine who is accused of putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on a New York subway train. Daniel Penny, 25, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide.

Daniel Penny is accused of 'recklessly causing the death' of Jordan Neely, who witnesses say was acting erratically on the train on the subway train.

Jury selection was expected to begin Monday in the manslaughter case of Daniel Penny, who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway last year leading to Neely's death.