US EditionNative Hawaiian man faces longer prison term for hate crime against white man
HAWAII, JUL 11 – The 9th Circuit upheld Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi's hate crime conviction and ordered resentencing, potentially adding up to three years to his original six-and-a-half-year term.
- On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the federal appellate panel for the Ninth Circuit upheld the conviction of Native Hawaiian Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi related to a 2014 hate crime in Maui.
- The conviction resulted from Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr.'s attack on Christopher Kunzelman, who was moving into a remote Maui village, motivated by his race.
- During the assault, the men punched, kicked, and beat Kunzelman with a shovel while saying no white man would live there, causing brain injuries that led to his divorce.
- Lori Kunzelman expressed support for prosecutors pushing a longer sentence, while defense argued Kunzelman's disrespectful attitude, not race, provoked the attack; resentencing may add years.
- The court's ruling mandates Alo-Kaonohi's resentencing and reflects ongoing tensions between Native Hawaiians and newcomers unfamiliar with the islands' racial and cultural history.
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Native Hawaii man to be resentenced in hate crime against a white man he beat with a shovel
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