Innocence Project: Ian Schweitzer Exonerated of Murder After 25 Years in Hawaii
January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023
HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 25 (TNSpp) -- The Innocence Project issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023:
Judge Peter K. Kubota dismissed Albert "Ian" Schweitzer's conviction for the 1991 rape and murder of Dana Ireland, based on new DNA testing that excluded Mr. Schweitzer and his co-defendants, and identified a single unknown male suspect. Additional newly discovered evidence presented to the court revealed that although DNA testing at Mr. Schweitzer's original trial ex . . .
Judge Peter K. Kubota dismissed Albert "Ian" Schweitzer's conviction for the 1991 rape and murder of Dana Ireland, based on new DNA testing that excluded Mr. Schweitzer and his co-defendants, and identified a single unknown male suspect. Additional newly discovered evidence presented to the court revealed that although DNA testing at Mr. Schweitzer's original trial ex . . .