The PowerPoint presentation was at about the halfway mark when Honolulu City Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro decided he couldn’t sit quietly anymore. Responding to a slide that suggested some sentenced felons could be released under supervision before the end of their
The PowerPoint presentation was at about the halfway mark when Honolulu City Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro decided he couldn’t sit quietly anymore.
Responding to a slide that suggested some sentenced felons could be released under supervision before the end of their prison term, Kaneshiro said, “These guys don’t want supervision. They are dangerous. You’ve got to keep them incarcerated.”
Perceived threats to public safety, it seems, is one of the hurdles of implementing the recommendations of the “Justice Reinvestment in Hawaii” analysis.
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