<p>In this episode of &ldquo;The Other Side of Paradise,&rdquo; Lynn Kawano details the difficulties Alvin Jardine III suffered after DNA cleared him of a home invasion rape, after he had already spent 20 years in prison.</p> <p>Jardine was homeless when he was found dead in the Haiku area of Maui in December, days after the Maui Police Department issued a missing person bulletin.</p> <p>He was the first person exonerated by the Hawaii Innocence Project in 2011.</p> <p><a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/01/26/other-side-paradise-maui-man-exonerated-by-dna-died-before-receiving-state-compensation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more on HawaiiNewsNow.com.</a></p>