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Wednesday, September 16Wednesday, September 16Los Angeles County prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner, the 33-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in December 2025, District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Tuesday.
Hochman said at a news conference that the decision followed a thorough review, including discussions with the victims’ family. If convicted, Reiner now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The death penalty had been an option due to allegations of lying in wait, multiple murders, and the use of a knife, but California has not executed anyone in two decades, and Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a moratorium in 2019.
Reiner, who briefly appeared in court Tuesday, has pleaded not guilty twice. His attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, called the prosecutors’ decision “the right one,” citing Reiner’s serious mental illness and history of self-medication. “Nothing can undo the profound loss experienced by the Reiner family and those who loved them,” Greene said in a statement.
Reiner was charged with first-degree murder on Dec. 16, 2025, two days after the killings. A grand jury indicted him in July, and a judge is considering whether to release transcripts of those proceedings, a move opposed by Reiner’s siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, who argued it would compound their trauma. Judge Sam Ohta said he will hear arguments on the issue next month.
Hochman estimated a trial would not begin before 2027.
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Geen doodstraf geëist tegen Nick Reiner voor moord op ouders Aanklagers in Los Angeles gaan niet de doodstraf eisen tegen Nick Reiner (33), die wordt verdacht van de moord op zijn ouders, regisseur Rob Reiner en Michele Singer Reiner. Dat heeft hoofdaanklager Nathan Hochman dinsdag bekendgemaakt.
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