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Two defendants originally convicted of the attempted murder of a security guard at the Kona Seaside Hotel are free after a jury found them guilty of lesser offenses in a retrial that concluded Wednesday.

Two defendants convicted of the attempted murder of a security guard at the Kona Seaside Hotel are set to have their case retried today.

The Broken Trust and Mailbox Conspiracy scandals are now history, but valuable lessons remain unlearned.

With billions of dollars at stake and the potential for thousands of lawsuits, lawyers are trying to bring order to the chaos of litigation sweeping into Hawaii courts.

The outcome of numerous lawsuits will affect victims, shareholders and, potentially, 470,000 customers statewide.

Henrietta Stone, 65, has been locked up since 2017 while the court determines if she is mentally fit.

Jonah Perry committed nonviolent crimes, but there were so many, and some threats of violence, that the judge felt prison time was warranted.

Prosecutors sometimes cross the line. But for a host of reasons, the Hawaii Supreme Court does not sanction them.

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Porter McGuire Kiakona now faces $475,000 in damages for violating debt collection laws in a case that started with a $150 fine against a dog owner.