And Hawaii County deputy prosecutor Shannon Kagawa told justices that the Schweitzers are still considered suspects. Even though their convictions were overturned last year, their cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning charges can be refiled.

Albert Ian and Shawn Schweitzer are still considered suspects in the murder of Dana Ireland. Big Island prosecutors admitted that in court today, despite their guilty verdicts being thrown out last year.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments over evidence in the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland. This comes after the Hawaii Police Department appealed the court’s ruling to release evidence related to the death of suspect Albert Lauro, who's DNA was found on Ireland.

The associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that prosecutors — who provided information that helped overturn the convictions of Albert “Ian” and Shawn Schweitzer in the Christmas Eve 1991 abduction,

After more than 30 years, the decades-old Dana Ireland murder case has reached the highest court in the state. "For nearly 33 years, the Hawaii Police Department couldn't find the truth and now they can't handle the truth because the truth is they falsely prosecuted three innocent men," Shigetomi said.