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In 1957, Hawaii, then still an organized incorporated territory of the United States, abolished the death penalty. Hawaii became a state in 1959. Hawaii became a state in 1959. Aside from Alaska , it is the only U.S. state that has never had the death penalty while a state.
The police had set up a "dead line" that the protesters were not supposed to cross. The protesters, however, crossed it. The police threw about a dozen tear gas grenades into the crowd. Among the protesters were members of the Hawaii Territorial Guard who took action and threw tear gas grenades back at the police or away from the crowd. [5]
More arrests have been made in the deadly fireworks incident that injured more than 20 and killed five in Honolulu, Hawaii on New Year's Eve. The explosion occurred around midnight during a New ...
In a close-knit community in Hawaii’s capital and most populous city, nerves were frayed long after the discovery of Dawn’s body on March 21, 1977. “It was our first experience with a crime ...
The indictments of several powerful members of The Company ended the organization's reign over statewide organized crime on the island. Remnants of the syndicate and connected, younger Native Hawaiian criminals are still active and hold a degree of power over the island's underworld, but the pervasive total power over the entire state is a ...
A four-person team also traveled to Hawaii for a week to conduct interviews with family members and friends of Nainoa, including his younger brother, Nakoa, and his best friend, Maj. Ray O'Donnell.
The number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. For example, during the Seven Days Battles in the American Civil War (June 25 to July 1, 1862) there were 5,228 killed, 23,824 wounded and 7,007 missing or taken prisoner for a total of 36,059 casualties.
The Hawaii Attorney General is expected to release the first phase of a comprehensive report Wednesday that will include a timeline of the 72 hours before, during and after the fire.