After conferring with the judge in her chambers, Jackson said in the courtroom that “we feel we have no choice” to withdraw from the case, without elaborating.
In a statement to The NYT, a spox for the Reiner family said, “They have the utmost trust in the legal process & will not comment further on matters related to the legal proceedings.”
The state charges included the aggravating factor of multiple murders, meaning that if #NickReiner is convicted he will face the possibility of #life in #prison without a chance at parole or the #DeathPenalty. Prosecutors have not said whether they would seek capital punishment; Gov. Gavin Newsom put a #moratorium on #executions in #California in 2019. [were he to lift the moratorium for this case, he’d have to lift to for all.]