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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Wrongfully imprisoned Hawaiian man freed after over 20 years behind bars

Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer in court in Hilo, Hawaii, on 24 January.
Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer in court in Hilo, Hawaii, on 24 January. Photograph: Marco Garcia/The Innocence Project

A native Hawaiian man who was wrongfully imprisoned for killing a white female tourist in 1991 has finally been freed after spending more than 20 years behind bars.

On Tuesday, Hawaii’s circuit court judge Peter Kubota ordered 51-year old Albert “Ian” Schweitzer to be “released from his shackles immediately” following additional evidence presented by Schweitzer’s attorneys in a new petition filed on Monday.

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