Palisades Fire Arson Trial Ends in Mistrial, Retrial Set for October | True Crime News

In Los Angeles, a federal jury deadlocked ten to two in favor of acquittal in the arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the former Uber driver accused of setting the brush fire that prosecutors say became the catastrophic Palisades Fire, which killed twelve people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures; a mistrial was declared Friday after jurors said they were unwilling to change their positions. The government announced it will retry the case in October, while the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, where only seventeen homes have been certified for occupancy, still waits for accountability.

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