From my latest story in Civil Beat this morning:

The sheer volume of evidence undergirding the 22-count federal indictment of alleged racketeering kingpin Michael John Miske Jr. and 10 co-defendants continues to create tricky legal and practical issues.

A legal motion filed in Honolulu’s U.S. District Court last week seeks special privileges in the form of significantly greater computer access for Miske’s younger brother, John Stancil, one of those facing charges. Stancil’s attorney, Walter J. Rodby, said the special computer arrangements, not available to all detainees, are necessary to cope with the mountain of evidence.

Prosecutors have already turned over approximately 187,000 pages, more than 150,000 files, and 32 disks of audio or video recordings, comprising nearly 500 gigabytes of data, with more expected to be released in the months ahead, according to court records.

Read the full story: “Mountain Of Evidence Weighs Down Defendants In Miske Racketeering Case”