Government attorneys didn’t beat around the bush in their legal memo calling for former prosecutor Katherine Kealoha to be confined pending her next trial later this year.
“For over a decade, Katherine Kealoha has repeatedly flaunted the law, leaving countless victims in her wake,” they wrote. “She cannot now–as she must–establish ‘by clear and convincing’ evidence that she is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the safety of any other person or the community.”
The memo cites federal law which requires that when defendants have been found guilty, they “shall” be detained unless they can show they are not a danger.
“The burden is on the defendant to establish these elements by clear and convincing evidence.”
Prosecutors then pointed to two witnesses who have already pleaded guilty to conspiring with Kealoha to present false testimony to the federal grand jury.
And they point to additional evidence that while Kealoha was claiming that “rather debilitating health problems” prevented her from appearing for a deposition, she “was healthy enough to present a 414-count indictment before the Hawaii state grand jury – the largest indictment ever in Hawaii state history.”
You can read the seven page legal memo here.
You might also be interested in this column by the Civil Beat Editorial Board, “It’s Definitely Not Time To Move On From The Kealohas’ Corruption Case.”
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“Flaunted” or “flouted”? There’s a difference.
Thanks for the wonderful coverage and commentary on the Kealoha Crime Family Ian as I have been out of State for several weeks. And I couldn’t agree more than it’s NOT time to move on as our mayor has suggested. I hope you and civil beat keep up the great work to date. When all is said and done, Kat Kealoha is never going to see the light of day again. She will likely spend the rest of her life in prison.
What was the medical diagnosis… Her Doctor Issued extensive indefinite work vouchers, but no permanent disability!
At issue is whether Drug Use resulting in Psychotic Mania are covered in Hawaii as Health issues and not simple Drug Addiction! Sounds like more fabrication, Her Doctor strutted in and left court in her fineries quite confidently. This may make for very interesting situation for her direct supervisor City Prosecutor Kaneshiro. Perhaps The City Prosecutors Office had no employment policy regulating drug use…or more technically Psychotic Mania induced by cause only known to Personal Physician.
I certainly hope there will be a deeper and more painful probe reserved for the current part-time, acting HNL mayor and his cronies.