SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 ANCHORAGE – The recent sentencing of Justin Schneider highlighted a loophole in Alaska’s longstanding sex offense laws. Schneider entered a plea agreement for felony assault after he strangled and masturbated on an unconscious woman. For at least a decade, causing unwanted contact with semen has not been considered a sex offense under […]
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington and in other U.S. cities Saturday to rally for tougher gun laws following a recent mass deadly shooting that sparked outrage and political activism among young people across the country. “I feel like I’m here for my brother … and my grandmother also told me to come […]
WATCH: Students Demand Stricter Gun Laws in Tallahassee WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida rallied at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee Wednesday to pressure lawmakers to approve tougher gun control laws one week after one of the most deadly U.S. school shootings. A gunman killed 17 people at […]
Juneau, Alaska, December 18, 2017 – On November 26, under court order, tobacco companies Philip Morris USA, Lorillard, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Altria Group began a year-long advertising campaign telling the American people the truth about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke. In 2006, a federal court ordered the companies to make these […]