Lynn Kawano
Appearances
THREE
Inconclusive | Chapter 5
Yeah, and it's a lot of buildup, right? It's a lot of DNA. And you know how these things are, right? The person testifies, but you have to get their background. You have to get their education. You have to know why they're so good at DNA and what the system is and how it's changed over the years. So you have all this buildup.
THREE
Inconclusive | Chapter 5
And then you have that moment where Judge Kubota orders the cuffs to be removed. And, you know, we have those moments as journalists, right? You know, there are many different moments, and that's one of them, where everything changed. That one moment, those words from Judge Kubota changes everything about the case, about life for this whole family.
THREE
Inconclusive | Chapter 5
And to see Ian's face at that time, because he was... He was surprised. You could tell he was saying, wait, can I go? Am I free? What happens now? He thought when he was pulled out of Saguaro that night, he was going to be back. He thought it was just another hearing. He had been through many before, and he was going to be back in Arizona.
THREE
Inconclusive | Chapter 5
I don't think he really fully grasped that that was the last time he was going to be at Saguaro. That was the last time he was going to see the people he saw in prison every day. That was the last time he was going to be forced to eat a meal that he didn't want to eat. Because then he came here, and that night he went home. He went home after more than two decades in prison.
THREE
The Aftermath | Chapter 2
The Gonzales, right? They are related to Frank Pauline. The Frank Pauline family grew up near the Schweitzer family. Everybody is somehow connected in Hawaii. And you're going to see them again. And you're going to be part of their lives again. At some point, you're going to cross paths.
THREE
The Aftermath | Chapter 2
It's a small island. It's a small state. And there's a lot of connections here. And I think people on the mainland don't really understand that. You know, I lived on the mainland for 18 years for my career. And there were times where you would meet someone and they would say, oh, I know this person. But you have no connection there.
THREE
The Aftermath | Chapter 2
I tell people, my mom's from Hilo. And they ask, what school does she go to? You know, so I tell them, oh, she went to Hilo High. Well, one of the judges went to school with her. Here in Hawaii, it's about what high school you went to, not what college you go to. Everybody knows your high school. Every high school in the state is known for something, one reason or another.
THREE
The Aftermath | Chapter 2
Whereas in other states, that's not the case. I remember going to California once to visit relatives, and I asked what high school they went to. And 3,500 kids in that high school, you know, and then just five miles down the road, there's another high school with 3,500 kids. So that's one thing that people need to understand about Hawaii is everybody is somehow connected.
THREE
The Aftermath | Chapter 2
So a case like this, the Dana Island case, it rocks the entire island and it crosses the water.