Organizers read the names of black and brown lives lost to police violence. They also spoke about long-standing race issues in Juneau, namely in public education and the state criminal justice system.
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Alaska lawmakers say compromise crime bill repeals Senate Bill 91
The compromise bill, which repeals a controversial criminal justice reform law passed in 2016, would lead to longer criminal sentences. The Alaska Legislature plans to take it up next week.
Senate committee goes further than House in repealing controversial crime law
The Senate Finance Committee passed House Bill 49 on Sunday after adding elements of a criminal justice package proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
As his crime bills languish, Dunleavy renews the idea of a special session
At a Monday news conference, Gov. Mike Dunleavy again suggested he could order Alaska state lawmakers into a special session unless they start advancing his batch of criminal justice bills.
Two Juneauites go from anger to consensus on the criminal justice reform debate
How a UAS associate professor and a Juneau police officer went from adversaries to allies on the criminal justice reform debate.
Dunleavy rolls out package in first step of ‘war on criminals’
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing bills that would repeal most of what’s left of the criminal justice overhaul enacted three years ago.
Judges regain discretion in setting cash bail for many misdemeanors
Quinlan Steiner, the Alaska public defender, said judges have a history of making decisions that had little to do with whether or not people were likely to show up for their court hearings.
Senate votes to end mandatory release of low- and moderate-risk defendants
Under the Senate’s amendment, judges would be able to order bail for all defendants. The change isn’t final; it’s up to the House to accept or reject, possibly sending it to conference committee.
New pretrial system scales back cash bail, increases monitoring
The state has created an entirely new Pretrial Enforcement Division. Its 60 officers are responsible for monitoring defendants’ compliance with their conditions of release.
Alaska House passes revision to criminal justice law
After a series of contentious votes on amendments, 32 House members voted for Senate Bill 54, while eight voted against it early Tuesday morning.