The Murder of Dana Ireland: Searching for Justice in One of Hawaii's Most Notorious Cases

The 1991 murder of Dana Ireland on Hawaii's Big Island has been full of twists and turns. Last year, a man who had served 26 years for that crime was formally exonerated by DNA evidence. Earlier this year, DNA evidence implicated another man. Police confronted him — and then let him go. He soon died by suicide.What's going on? How did all of this happen? To get answers, we spoke with Ken Lawson, the co-director of Hawaii's Innocence Project.Support The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Send tips to [email protected] Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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