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Palisades Fire arson suspect goes on trial for second time
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Federal prosecutors failed to get a conviction during the first trial in June, with 10 out of 12 jurors left unconvinced Jonathan Rinderknecht was guilty of arson.
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Federal prosecutors are about to take their second shot at convicting a man they claim started a fire that devastated the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Pacific Palisades in early 2025, a high-stakes re-do after their first case fizzled.
Case against Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, in Los Angeles comes four months after first trial ended with a hung jury A 30-year-old man accused of starting the deadly Palisades fire is being retried for arson this week, four months after his first trial ended with a hung jury.
Jury selection began Monday in the second trial of a man accused of setting a blaze that grew into the deadly Palisades Fire, the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history.
LOS ANGELES — Jury selection began on Monday for a retrial of the man prosecutors say deliberately set a blaze that grew into one of the deadliest, most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, City News Service reported.
Federal prosecutors failed to get a conviction during the first trial in June, with 10 out of 12 jurors left unconvinced Jonathan Rinderknecht was guilty of arson.
The first trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht — the man accused of intentionally starting a blaze that grew into the deadly Palisades fire — ended with a jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal. Now, federal prosecutors are trying once again to convict him with revised charges.
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