Palisades Fire Trial Ends in Hung Jury; Prosecutors and Defense Face Retrial Decision

A deadlocked jury in the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht—accused of starting California's deadliest wildfire in years—forces prosecutors to decide whether to retry the case, keeping the outcome of one of the state's most high-profile recent prosecutions uncertain.
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