The manner and cause of his death are still not known.

The case was unsuccessful in criminal court, but civil cases have a lower standard of proof.

Federal prosecutors take a case to trial and lose in less than 1% of cases. So what happened in one of Hawaii’s most high-profile corruption trials?

A federal prosecution ended in acquittal but left behind crumbs that state officials could pursue. 

Prosecutors presented only circumstantial evidence that left room for reasonable doubt, a juror said.

Tearful defendants and their attorneys embraced after the clerk read the verdict.

Prosecutors tried to convince jurors money given to Keith Kaneshiro’s campaign was part of a conspiracy to bribe the former Honolulu prosecutor, but defense attorneys maintain it was legal.

A judge said Mitsunaga’s medical needs can be managed by the Bureau of Prisons.

As grand jury witnesses, the defendants claimed to remember little about their thousands of dollars of political giving.

Dennis Mitsunaga’s attorney said the injury supports her prior argument that her elderly client shouldn’t have been detained.