Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty; trial date to be set

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U.S. prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner, who has been charged with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday.

Trial unlikely before 2027, says Los Angeles County district attorney

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· Posted: Sep 15, 2026 12:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

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A man with a buzz cut and a short beard sits in a courtroom behind glass, wearing a brown jumpsuit and a grey t-shirt.
Nick Reiner entered a not guilty plea to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, during his arraignment on murder charges in Los Angeles in February. (Chris Torres/Pool for Associated Press)

U.S. prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner, who has been charged with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday.

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A smiling bearded man in a blue shirt stands with arms around the shoulders of a woman in a black top, left, and a young man in a plaid shirt, right.
Nick Reiner, left, appears at an event in Los Angeles in 2013 with his parents. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Teen Vogue)
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