No Iraq duty for convict

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/31/ln/ln12a.html

<how many other convicts are in Iraq?>

A Hawai'i National Guardsman will be deactivated from deployment to Iraq to clear the way for sentencing in the Manoa home invasion robbery for which he was found guilty 2 1/2 years ago.

City Deputy Prosecutor Russell Uehara notified Circuit Judge Virginia Crandall yesterday that Shaun Rodrigues will be deactivated Wednesday to enable him to be in court Sept. 10.

Rodrigues' activation into the Army was the latest hurdle to the sentencing, which typically occurs within two to four months of conviction but has been repeatedly postponed. No one can recall a sentencing that has taken as long after a conviction.