Mistrial declared in Palisades Fire arson case
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Palisades Fire mistrial fuels fears of jury nullification, with a former prosecutor warning it could impact Luigi Mangione's upcoming federal trial.
After 14 hours of deliberations in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse, the jurors weighing the fate of the man accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire ended their day with a simple note: “We cannot reach a unanimous verdict,
Joel Rinderknecht said federal officials are treating his son as a “scapegoat” for what turned out to be the disastrous Palisades fire.
The man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire will be tried again this fall after his first federal arson case ended in a mistrial Friday.
