Honolulu Civil Beat | Honolulu corruption case spotlights pay to play in Hawaii: Inside the Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga trial @civilbeat | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Can prosecution be bought for revenge?
That’s what federal prosecutors will seek to prove in a trial set to begin this week. They’re alleging that former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro pursued felony charges against a woman after receiving nearly $50,000 in campaign contributions from her former employer, the prominent local engineering firm Mitsunaga & Associates Inc.
CEO Dennis Mitsunaga has long been suspected of pay to play — a rarely prosecuted practice. He’s pleaded not guilty along with all the other co-defendents in this case, and the defense argues there’s no smoking gun in this case.
Read the full report for an in-depth look into what we might expect in this trial and how we got here: civilbeat.org/2024/03/kaneshiro-mitsunaga-bribery-case-puts-pay-to-play-on-trial
Can prosecution be bought for revenge?
That’s what federal prosecutors will seek to prove in a trial set to begin this week. They’re alleging that former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro pursued felony charges against a woman after receiving nearly $50,000 in campaign contributions from her former employer, the prominent local engineering firm Mitsunaga & Associates Inc.
CEO Dennis Mitsunaga has long been suspected of pay to play — a rarely prosecuted practice. He’s pleaded not guilty along with all the other co-defendents in this case, and the defense argues there’s no smoking gun in this case.
Read the full report for an in-depth look into what we might expect in this trial and how we got here: civilbeat.org/2024/03/kaneshiro-mitsunaga-bribery-case-puts-pay-to-play-on-trial
