US man released after 25 years in prison amid new evidence
US man released after 25 years in prison amid new evidence
A judge ordered Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer ‘released from shackles immediately’ during proceedings in Hawaii court.
A native Hawaiian man has been released from a 130-year prison sentence after his lawyers presented new evidence in his case.
Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer had already served 25 years for the 1991 murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman visiting Hawaii when Judge Peter Kubota made the ruling on Tuesday.
Kubota said Schweitzer …