Daily Archives: February 4, 2012

On Friday, February 3, 2012 at 2:00 P.M., before the House Judiciary Committee, we (Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu) testified in support of our bills: House Bill 1777 that allows district court and circuit court judges to order the production of records by persons or entities located outside of the State of Hawaii, in all criminal cases. Requires that anyone in Hawaii served with criminal process from another state must comply with the criminal process; House Bill 1776 that allows electronic communication service providers to voluntarily disclose electronic communications to a governmental agency where an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires such disclosure without delay; and House Bill 1778 that increases unauthorized computer access in the first degree to a class A felony, increases unauthorized computer access in the second degree to a class B felony, and increases unauthorized computer access in the third degree to a class C felony, and where unauthorized computer access in the first degree is charged based on the monetary value of information obtained, the minimum monetary value was raised to $20,000.

On Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. before the House Public Safety and Military Affairs Committee, Honolulu prosecuting Attorney Keith M. Kaneshiro testified in opposition of the Justice Reinvesment bills: House Bill 2514 and House Bill 2515 mainly because it would mandate early release of certain prisoners from prison to be on parole. We feel that the Hawaii Paroling Authority should have discretion to look at everything on a case by case basis in deciding who should be released from prison and when.  Moreover, the bills have no appropriation to pay for the increase of parole officers needed for the early release from prison proposal.

On Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 10:30 A.M., Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu Keith M. Kaneshiro testified before the House Committee on Transportation supporting House Bill 2030, which requires motorists to “move over” or slow down when passing a stationary emergency vehicle on a highway.