“The Massie Case was more than a true-crime drama. It was a pivotal moment in the history of Hawaii, one that exposed a white supremacist social order (both locally and nationwide) and provided the seedbed for subsequent change throughout the islands,” says Stannard in his book, “Honor Killing.”

…A neglected gravestone in Kalihi, where a victim of vigilante justice is buried, is the only physical reminder of a trial that made national headlines.

Denby Fawcett: The Most Infamous Legal Case in Hawaii’s History – Civil Beat News