Steve Haney

A lot depends on the judge’s sense of how deadlocked they really are,

• Mr. Haney said in an interview
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…Sep 3, 09:04

An indictment is not proof of guilt or evidence. It is merely a charge of probable cause,

• Haney said in a statement
  International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/ex/nba…Jun 29, 15:40

That’s the voice of a man who’s trying to stop a fire,

• Haney said after playing the 911 recordings in court
  NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Jun 10, 20:27
• Haney said
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  Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/cities/mumb…Jun 10, 20:23
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Jun 10, 21:17

After this trial, there will be one thing missing — proof that Jonathan Rinderknecht started these fires,

• Haney said in his opening statements
  NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Jun 10, 20:27
• Haney told jurors
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  Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/cities/mumb…Jun 10, 20:23
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Jun 10, 21:17
• lawyer Steve Haney told jurors
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• Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Williams told jurors in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom
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So why are they blaming him for whatever the fire department didn't do?"

• Haney said
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There was nothing concerning about Jonathan,

• Haney said
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