Arizona - Hawaii | Hawaii Prison Inmate Faces The Death Penalty For A 2010 Murder In An Arizona Prison
An Arizona jury last week found prisoner Miti Maugaotega Jr. guilty of 1st-degree murder and will now decide if he should be executed, sparking controversy in Hawaii. A Hawaii prisoner is facing the death penalty after being convicted in Arizona on Friday of 1st-degree murder for killing another inmate in 2010 in a case that raises new concerns about Hawaii’s longstanding practice of exporting its prison inmates to the mainland. Slain inmate Bronson Nunuha was attacked as he was curled up on his bunk in his cell in a private prison called Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona — stabbed 140 times. His attackers carved the initials of a prison gang called USO Family into his chest. Hawaii ended capital punishment 65 years ago — 2 years before statehood — but Arizona prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Miti Maugaotega Jr., who along with another inmate killed Nunuha on Feb. 18, 2010. A 12-member Arizona jury convicted Maugaotega of 1st-degree murder on Friday after a day ...