It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and basically everyone who isn’t a straight white male. You don’t have to be a master at reading the room to know that greed and ignorance are triumphing over notions of cooperation … [Read more...] about 2017 MauiTime Year In Review
Steven Capobianco
Carly Scott murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Steven Capobianco
A wall-pulsating gasp shook a standing-room-only courtroom Wednesday as one of Maui’s longest and most lurid trials concluded with a unanimous guilty verdict returned against Steven Capobianco for the murder of Carly "Charli" Scott and the burning of her truck in February 2014. It was as if Scott’s family and friends had been holding their collective breaths for the past two … [Read more...] about Carly Scott murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Steven Capobianco
Remembering Jerry Canada, whose murder 25 years ago shocked Maui’s gay community
For the last two years, Maui has been gripped by the violent murder of Carly “Charli” Scott and its aftermath–first as a community wide search for her and then as a murder investigation and criminal trial of her ex-boyfriend Steven Capobianco. Twenty-five years ago, Maui was gripped by another violent murder where the criminal trials stretched for nearly two years. On the … [Read more...] about Remembering Jerry Canada, whose murder 25 years ago shocked Maui’s gay community