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The new development out of the case - thought to be put to bed last year following two trials - came Friday in the form of appeals filed by the men currently serving sentences for the murder.
Two Native Hawaiian men have been sentenced to years in prison for a federal hate crime conviction in the beating of a white man.
Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
Two Native Hawaiian men have been sentenced to years in prison for a federal hate crime conviction in the brutal beating of a white man who tried to move to a remote, traditional fishing village on Maui. His injuries included a concussion, two broken ribs and head trauma.
The victim, who was brutally attacked after he tried to move into their remote village on Maui, wouldn't have been beaten if he wasn't white, a U.S. judge said in sentencing two men for a hate crime.