In this episode of “The Other Side of Paradise,” Lynn Kawano details the difficulties Alvin Jardine III suffered after DNA cleared him of a home invasion rape, after he had already spent 20 years in prison.
Jardine was homeless when he was found dead in the Haiku area of Maui in December, days after the Maui Police Department issued a missing person bulletin.
He was the first person exonerated by the Hawaii Innocence Project in 2011.
January 26th, 2026, 11:20 pm
'The Other Side of Paradise' with Lynn Kawano
A Maui man exonerated by DNA died before receiving state compensation
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Published January 26th, 2026, 11:20 pm
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In this episode of “The Other Side of Paradise,” Lynn Kawano details the difficulties Alvin Jardine III suffered after DNA cleared him of a home invasion rape, after he had already spent 20 years in prison.
Jardine was homeless when he was found dead in the Haiku area of Maui in December, days after the Maui Police Department issued a missing person bulletin.
He was the first person exonerated by the Hawaii Innocence Project in 2011.
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'The Other Side of Paradise' with Lynn Kawano
Crime, corruption, scandal. You won't find it in the travel brochures or on the postcards, but life in Hawaii isn't always paradise. In this podcast from Hawaii News Now chief investigative reporter Lynn Kawano, we take you behind the headlines that the visitor bureaus don't advertise and delve into the stories that keep us talking (and up at night).
