
Authorities say 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht intentionally set the blaze that killed 12 people, destroyed over 5,000 structures, and left much of Pacific Palisades in ruins — some estimates say 50–75 percent of the community burned. Federal officials called it one of the worst fires Los Angeles has ever seen.
What should this man’s punishment be if convicted of starting the deadly Palisades Fire?
