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A Napili man will be eligible for parole after he serves less than half of his 10-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, under a decision by the Hawaii Paroling Authority.
After a hearing June 8, the parole board set minimum terms for Maynard Charley, 25, of four years for second-degree sexual assault and three years for third-degree sexual assault. He would have to serve those terms before being considered for release on parole.
He is serving both prison terms at the same time at Halawa Correctional Center on Oahu.
Charley was sentenced in November after he had pleaded no contest to the charges for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who was living in the same household as Charley after he had been given a place to stay in the home, in January 2019.
At his sentencing, Deputy Prosecutor Karen Droscoski said the girl relayed that "she wants the defendant to stay in jail until he dies."
Droscoski said Charley told police "there is no such thing as rape."
Deputy Public Defender Danielle Sears said Charley appeared to have misread the situation. The country he is originally from doesn't have sexual assault laws similar to those in the United States, Sears said.
The minimum terms set for Charley are lower than averages for the same charges in the Hawaii Paroling Authority's 2020 annual report.
From July 2019 to June 2020, the average minimum sentence for second-degree sexual assault was 7.32 years, based on determinations made for 14 inmates with 50 charges.
For third-degree sexual assault, the average minimum sentence was 4.14 years during the same period, when terms were set for 13 inmates with 47 charges.
The range of minimum sentences was 3.5 to nine years for second-degree sexual assault and 2.5 to five years for third-degree sexual assault.