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"I don't want anyone to view me as an animal or a beast," he said yesterday to Circuit Court Judge Bambi Weil before his sentencing.
"I'm sorry for what I've done to my child," he said.
The former U.S. Marine was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter with a mandatory minimum of three years and four months.
Other schools may join in the action if Gov. Ben Cayetano's administration fails to negotiate a contract with the Hawaii State Teachers Union soon, warns Spencer Shiraishi Jr., an organizer. "I think a lot of schools are on the borderline."
Starting tomorrow, most of the 40 teachers at King Kekaulike High School in upcountry Maui will be closing their classroom doors during recess and after school.
If the center does come, it would fulfill Cayetano's goal of having an internationally known medical institution here that would attract wealthy patients from Pacific Rim nations and establish the isles as a center for "health tourism."
Cayetano, who left yesterday afternoon, said he is "very optimistic" that the cancer center would branch out to Hawaii.
The suspect, 25, of Kahuanani Street, was found at a Waimalu residence at 11:30 a.m. and booked for the parole violation. He was booked four hours later in connection with the murder of Deborah Christine Clark.
Both men, 21 and 22, are under investigation for robbery, terroristic threatening and use of a deadly weapon.
The van carrying 22 passengers to the Polynesian Cultural Center was hit by a car turning onto Kamehameha Highway in Kahana Valley, police said.
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