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Mike Miske's Half-Brother, 'Key Player' In Organized Crime, Gets 20 Years

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

John Stancil pleaded guilty last year to one count of racketeering conspiracy, leaving Miske to stand trial alone. Michael Miske’s half-brother and longtime member of the organized crime boss’s criminal enterprise was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday.
Death Toll From Salt Lake Fireworks Explosion Rises To 6

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

Eight people are still being treated in burn units in Arizona and Honolulu, and the police investigation is ongoing. The toll of the New Year’s tragedy in Salt Lake continues to grow, with a sixth death Wednesday following a 10th arrest last week. Among those killed and injured were multiple members of one family, including a 61-year-old grandmother, her 58-year-old sister, and 3-year-old grandson.
Penalty Reduced For HPD Officers Accused Of Assaulting Prisoner

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

Honolulu police officers were disciplined for a range of issues in 2024, including failing to activate their body cameras, drunk driving, falsifying police reports and stealing a wallet. Two officers who were set to be fired from the Honolulu Police Department after being accused of assaulting a prisoner in 2021 had their penalties reduced to 20-day suspensions last year, according to an annual police disciplinary report submitted to the state Legislature on Friday.
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Hawaii passed a law to pay the wrongfully convicted. No one has been paid

2 months ago | msn.com | Madeleine Valera

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Hawaii passed a law to pay the wrongfully convicted. No one has been paid

2 months ago | apnews.com | Madeleine Valera

After insisting for nearly two decades that he was innocent of a sexual assault at knifepoint on Maui, Alvin Jardine got a judge to let him try to prove it. His lawyers sent a green and white checkered tablecloth found at the crime scene to a lab to test it for DNA. When police had investigated the crime in 1990, DNA testing of bloodstains and other bodily fluids on the tablecloth was inconclusive. But by 2008, technology had advanced, and the new analysis showed that the DNA wasn’t Jardine’s.
Hawaiʻi Passed A Law to Pay The Wrongfully Convicted. No One Has Been Paid

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

The law requires people to prove they’re innocent to get paid. Even after their convictions have been set aside, no one has been able to meet that standard. After insisting for nearly two decades that he was innocent of a sexual assault at knifepoint on Maui, Alvin Jardine got a judge to let him try to prove it. His lawyers sent a green and white checkered tablecloth found at the crime scene to a lab to test it for DNA.
Hawaii passed a law to pay the wrongfully convicted. No one has been paid

2 months ago | plaindealerin.com | Madeleine Valera

After insisting for nearly two decades that he was innocent of a sexual assault at knifepoint on Maui, Alvin Jardine got a judge to let him try to prove it. His lawyers sent a green and white checkered tablecloth found at the crime scene to a lab to test it for DNA. When police had investigated the crime in 1990, DNA testing of bloodstains and other bodily fluids on the tablecloth was inconclusive. But by 2008, technology had advanced, and the new analysis showed that the DNA wasn’t Jardine’s.
Honolulu Police Make Third Round Of Arrests In New Year's Explosion

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

All four were parents who set off fireworks at the party with their children, according to the police. Police arrested another four people Friday in connection with the deadly New Year’s fireworks explosion in Honolulu, bringing the total number of people arrested so far to 10. No charges have been filed in connection with the arrests, according to court records. Police said all cases will be sent to the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office.
Honolulu Officers Not Charged In Arrest Mistake Victim Calls Racial Profiling

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Madeleine Valera

Officers beat and arrested Tevitatonga Cadiente on Jan 1, 2024, after mistaking him for a different Tongan man — an armed suspect they were pursuing. Honolulu police officers involved in the beating and arrest of a Tongan man near the scene of an officer-involved shooting last year will not be charged, according to Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm.

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