Updated at 7:21 p.m., Thursday, April 12, 2007
Former prosecutor Marsland dead at 84
Advertiser Staff
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Marsland served as prosecutor from 1981 to 1988. He placed a high priority on pursuing organized crime and was openly critical of judges whom he thought were soft on criminals.
Marsland was Honolulu's first elected prosecutor "and was a pioneer for those of us who have since followed in his footsteps," said Honolulu Prosecutor Peter Carlisle, a former deputy prosecutor under Marsland.
"His efforts against organized crime in the State of Hawai'i has had a lasting effect that is still present even today," Carlisle said in a written statement.
