帕利塞德大火纵火案重审开始遴选陪审团：首审10比2僵持、被告否认纵火
加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市消息，帕利塞德大火纵火案的联邦重审11月2日在洛杉矶市中心联邦法院开始遴选陪审团，数百名候选陪审员应召接受问话。被告 Jonathan Rinderknecht 现年30岁，对删减后的两项联邦纵火罪名否认全部指控。
检方指控，被告于2024年12月31日午夜前后在 Pacific Palisades 的 Summit 社区附近用烧烤打火机点燃山坡植被，火势起初被扑灭，却在灌木根部阴燃，一周后在 Santa Ana 大风助推下复燃，演变成帕利塞德大火。这场大火造成12人死亡，过火面积23,448英亩，摧毁 Palisades 与 Malibu 约6,500栋建筑，损失以数十亿美元计。
被告今年早些时候的首审经10天审理后，陪审团以10比2倾向无罪而僵持，主审联邦法官 Anne Hwang 宣布审判无效。检方随后以仅含两项罪名的替代起诉书重审，法官已裁定重审中不得提及首审。
（来源：MyNewsLA）
Jury Selection Begins in Palisades Fire Arson Retrial: First Jury Deadlocked 10-2, Defendant Denies Charges
In Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, jury selection began on November 2 at the downtown federal courthouse in the retrial of the Palisades Fire arson case, with hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for questioning. The defendant, Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, has pleaded not guilty to the two federal arson counts in a superseding indictment.
Prosecutors allege that around midnight on December 31, 2024, the defendant used a grill lighter to ignite hillside vegetation near the Summit neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. The fire was initially suppressed but smoldered in dense root systems and re-ignited a week later under Santa Ana winds, becoming the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people, burned 23,448 acres and destroyed about 6,500 structures in the Palisades and Malibu, causing billions of dollars in damage.
In the first trial earlier this year, after a 10-day trial the jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of acquittal and U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang declared a mistrial. Prosecutors then refiled with two counts, and the judge has ruled that the first trial may not be mentioned in the retrial.
(Source: MyNewsLA)
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图片来源：图：帕利塞德大火过后被烧毁的住宅区航拍。Christopher Rosario 摄，Public domain，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aerial view of homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire. By Christopher Rosario, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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