I was shocked to learn that a key defense lawyer in the Kealoha case would leave the islands just when an obviously elderly and feeble witness was scheduled to give her deposition (“Federal judge reschedules deposition of ailing 99-year-old grandma in Kealoha case,” Star-Advertiser, April 20).

This is so unprofessional. The judge seemed to blame both sides for “poor communication,” but I don’t fault the prosecutors at all. Cynthia Kagiwada’s departure for Toronto went against common sense and would have caught anybody by surprise.

U.S. District Chief Judge J. Michael Seabright should have made Kagiwada return to make the April 23 deposition. I’m interested in hearing what the great emergency in Toronto was when she finally returns to Honolulu.

David Henna

McCully-Moiliili

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