A Hawaiʻi prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his cellmate last year, and the victim’s lawyer is alleging the murder was tied to drug smuggling and gang activity at Hālawa Correctional Facility.
Daniel A.K. Smith was indicted May 13 on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of infamous convict Raita Fukusaku.
Myles Breiner, who was Fukusaku’s lawyer, said in an interview that he warned prison officials in writing almost 11 months before his client’s death that he had been “targeted for assassination by gang members” at the prison…