S1 Episode 5: The White Menace
from Offshore Podcast Hosted by Honolulu Civil Beat and PRX
After a hung jury in the rape trial of five local Hawaiians, the family of the alleged victim looked for vengeance. They got it — by committing one of the most explosive crimes in Hawaiian history.
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After a mistrial in the case over the alleged rape of Thalia Massie, Joseph Kahahawai and his friends were set free. But it didn't take long for Thalia’s husband, spurred on by her mother, to go looking for vengeance. They got it — and committed a crime whose impact is still felt today. Is Christopher Deedy now being punished for the lingering resentment over that long-ago incident?
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