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Posted: Saturday, November 13th, 2004 6:04 AM HST

Former teacher sentenced in child pornography case

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) _ A former Maui teacher has been sentenced to three years in a federal prison for possessing child pornography. Dane Kaneshina pleaded guilty in federal court in June to possessing tens of thousands of pornographic images of children downloaded over the Internet. Prosecutors say two computers at Kaneshina's home contained about 34-thousand images, with most showing children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Federal agents also found about 100 images on two computers Kaneshina has used at Iao Intermediate School in Wailuku. A search warrant on Kaneshina's home was executed January 30th. He resigned his teaching position in March. Kaneshina is free on 50-thousand dollars bail and will begin serving his sentence December 9th. (Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)