Online seller of skull to apologize
The
Star-Bulletin
has a story
about Jerry David Hasson, who tried to sell a 200-year-old Hawaiian skull on
eBay. He "was sentenced yesterday to 600 hours of community service and ordered
to publish an apology in several Hawaii newspapers," and he "must also pay more
than $13,000 and post the same apology on an eBay bulletin board dedicated to
archaeological memorabilia."The
article quotes Hasson as saying in court, "I wasn't aware, I wasn't
knowledgeable about how Hawaiians feel about native remains." But then the
article goes on to detail how he continued to try to sell the skull
surreptitiously even after he was made quite aware that it was both offensive
and illegal. The
Advertiser
also has a brief AP story.
Posted: Tue - May 24, 2005 at 12:00 PM