David e stannards honor killing examines the ugly racially charged massie murder case in 1930s hawaii where a white naval officer shot and killed a native hawaiian accused of raping his wife having been acquitted for lack of evidence the story has a real passage to india feel where its impossible to tell what really happened. David e stannard honor killing how the infamous massie affair transformed hawai i new york viking 2005 pp ix 466 2595. Honor killing how the infamous massie affair transformed hawaii by david e stannard 2005 04 07 david e stannard books amazonca. Honor killing how the infamous massie affair transformed hawaii by david e stannard takes place in 1931 thalia massie stumbled from the brush into a car when she accused six hawaiian men of gang raping her when the accused went to trial and walked away due to a hung jury thalias mother and husband kidnapped and killed one of the subjects launching a highly contested trial if . The resource honor killing how the infamous massie affair transformed hawaii david e stannard