After eight days of jury selection, Navy veteran Daniel Penny manslaughter trial began Friday for the death of Jordan Neely, an unexpected homeless man he suffocated during an outburst on the subway.

Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected from a pool of over 100 Manhattan residents to weigh Penny’s fate.

During part of an eight-day selection process, jurors were asked about their favorite news organizations, whether they personally knew crime victims, drug addicts or the mentally ill, and how much turmoil they saw in the U.S. subway system. the city.

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Daniel Penny arrives for opening arguments in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on November 1, 2024. Penny, a Navy veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely in 2023 on a New York. York City subway train. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

JUROR #1

A marketing and communications representative for a nonprofit art agency who said he’s seen subway breakouts before and previously served as an alternate juror in an armed robbery case.

A native of New Jersey, she said she worries about being physically threatened, has a master’s degree in theater management and teaches marketing.

JUROR #2

A man who lives in Washington Heights and works in the health care field. During the selection process, he said he never saw an upset from a subway rider.

He came to the US from his native Philippines.

JUROR #3

An East Village computer programmer who is originally from Atlanta. He rides the subway occasionally, has never seen an explosion or been threatened, and likes video games.

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Screenshot from a bystander’s video showing Jordan Neely being held up in a New York subway traffic jam. (Luces de Nueva York/Juan Alberto Vazquez via Storyful)

JUROR #4

A female lawyer from Yorkville. She had family members in both the military and police departments, but said she would be able to follow the judge’s instructions and be a fair juror.

She witnessed subway explosions and felt personally targeted.

JUROR #5

An Upper East Side retiree who said during the selection process that he rides the subway once or twice a week and witnessed the outbursts and felt personally targeted but did not call the police.

He previously served on two grand juries.

Protesters, including Christopher Neely, Jordan Neely’s uncle, gather to demand justice for Jordan Neely outside Daniel Penny’s trial at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Today is the first day of opening statements in his trial Penny, where he is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2023 death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

JUROR #6

A retired librarian from Morningside Heights, near Columbia University. She served on a jury a decade ago, her daughter was once assaulted in Times Square, and despite taking the subway daily, she has never seen an outburst or been targeted herself.

JUROR #7

An Upper West Side man who rides the subway regularly but said he’s never been harassed on the city’s rail system. He has seen breakouts though.

This undated photo provided by Mills and Edwards, LLP, in New York, Friday, May 12, 2023, shows Jordan Neely, left, with Carolyn Neely, an aunt. Daniel Penny, 24, a US Navy veteran who used a fatal chokehold on agitated New York City subway passenger Jordan Neely, was released from custody hours after turning himself in to face with a manslaughter charge filed nearly two weeks after the encounter. (Courtesy of Mills & Edwards, LLP via AP)

JUROR #8

An East Village woman who came to the US from Ukraine 45 years ago. She is a retired journalist who works in a gift shop and supports her unemployed son.

She said she doesn’t ride the subway as much as she used to, but she’s never had any problems.

JUROR #9

A Nebraska native who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 40 years with her husband, a former advertising agent who survived a street robbery.

She has served on two previous juries and said “Yes, of course” she witnessed subway explosions, although neither targeted her personally.

A sketch shows Daniel Penny appearing in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in New York City. Daniel Penny is on trial for the suffocation death of Jordan Neely. (Jane Rosenberg)

JUROR #10

A West Village woman who suffered harassment in a nearly empty subway car and said during the selection process that force could be justified under certain circumstances.

Despite her harrowing subway encounter, she said she didn’t call the police. She and her friend switched cars instead to get away from an erratic man who was cursing and yelling at them.

JUROR #11

A downtown lawyer who survived a robbery four years ago. A regular subway rider, he said he witnessed the outbursts but was never personally attacked.

JUROR #12

A paralegal who does not work in criminal cases.

She said she is a regular straphanger who has seen outbursts but has never been personally harassed.

The twelve jurors and four alternates took their seats Friday for opening statements.

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Penny is a 25-year-old Navy veteran and architecture student.

Neely was a 30-year-old homeless man and former Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness and crime, including a previous conviction for assaulting a 67-year-old man. New York City woman in 2021.

Penny faces up to 19 years in prison if convicted.