Hawaii man imprisoned for 1991 murder is exonerated and freed

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Hawaii Innocence Project co-director Kenneth Lawson, background center, and law students go over files and photos related to the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland in Honolulu on Tuesday, Jan. 17. A petition filed Monday, Jan. 23 outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii's biggest criminal cases asks a judge to release Albert “Ian” Schweitzer, a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of Ireland, a white woman, on the Big Island.

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Hawaii Innocence Project co-director Kenneth Lawson, left, and law student Skye Jansen go over files and photos related to the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland in Honolulu on Tuesday, Jan. 17. A petition filed Monday, Jan. 23 outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii's biggest criminal cases asks a judge to release Albert “Ian” Schweitzer, a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of Ireland, a white woman, on the Big Island.

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University of Hawaii law school student Skye Jansen, left, and Hawaii Innocence Project co-director Kenneth Lawson pose with photos related to the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland in Honolulu on Tuesday, Jan. 17. A petition filed Monday, Jan. 23 outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii's biggest criminal cases asks a judge to release Albert “Ian” Schweitzer, a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of Ireland, a white woman, on the Big Island.

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Louise Ireland gestures towards a color enlargement, the last taken of her daughter, Dana Ireland, before her death, while testifying in Hilo, Hawaii, on July 26, 1999. A petition outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii's biggest criminal cases asks a judge to release a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder of Ireland on the Big Island.

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Albert "Ian" Schweitzer, accused of participating in the 1991 sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder of Dana Ireland, appears in a Hilo, Hawaii court on Monday, Jan. 24, 2000, during opening arguments in his trial. A petition filed Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii's biggest criminal cases asks a judge to release Schweitzer, a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the attack of Ireland, a white woman, on the Big Island.

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