Albert 'Ian' Schweitzer ordered released from prison after 2000 conviction for murdering Hawaii tourist overturned
A US judge yesterday ordered a man released from prison immediately after his attorneys presented new evide...
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Hawaii man, 51, serving 130-year prison sentence for murder is released following new DNA evidence
Albert 'Ian' Schweitzer was convicted in 2000 of the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland, a 23-year-old tourist from Virginia. On Tuesday new DNA evidence proved he was not guilty.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Court Hears New Evidence In Effort To Free Hawaii Man For '91 Murder
UPDATES: The decision came after new evidence was presented in the 1991 killing of 23-year-old Dana Ireland on the Big Island.
Source: civilbeat.org
Judge to consider freedom for Hawaiian man convicted of woman's 1991 murder amid "overwhelming new evidence of innocence"
"Whenever you have a White, female victim ... it gets a lot more attention than people of color and Native Hawaiians," said the co-director of the Hawaii Innocence Project.
Source: cbsnews.com
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Native Hawaiian man in prison for 20 years over killing of white woman asks judge to dismiss conviction citing new evidence
Attorneys with the Hawaii Innocence Project and New York Innocence Project say that based on the new evidence, including advanced DNA technology, a prosecutor would likely not even arrest Albert “Ian” Schweitzer for the murder of Dana Ireland.
Source: nydailynews.com