Hawaii Gov. Ige Rules Out Special Legislative Session To Fix Court’s Grand Jury Ruling 6 The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office called for a special session following the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision that invalidated the use of preliminary hearings to indict serious felons.
Gov. David Ige issued a statement Wednesday saying that he would not call the Hawaii Legislature into special session to draft a new law to reverse a recent Hawaii Supreme Court ruling that limits prosecutors’ choices when indicting serious criminals.
“I’ve been talking with Legislative leaders about how they want to proceed,” Ige said in the statement. “The Supreme Court has ruled that grand jury indictments must be pursued for most of the serious crimes, and there are a number of pending cases in process. Any new legislation would be prospective only, so I don’t see the sense of urgency to try to implement a change. Until we have consensus on what changes would be necessary, I believe it’s premature to talk about a special session.”
