(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced 59-year-old Allen Hiratsuka to 16 years with three years suspended and 13 years to serve for the crime of sexual assault in the second degree. Hiratsuka was convicted by an Anchorage jury on Nov. 21, 2022, after a month-and-a-half long trial. The conviction relates to […]
ANCHORAGE – Robert Marley Chapas was sentenced on March 8, 2023, to 60 months in prison for bank robbery. According to court documents, on April 27, 2022, Chapas entered an Anchorage Wells Fargo branch. Chapas approached a teller window and passed a note to the teller that stated: “This is a robbery, I have a […]
On behalf of four individuals, and others similarly situated, ACLU of Alaska files suit against DOC and its commissioner for violating due process and equal protection rights of incarcerated people seeking meaningful opportunities for transitional programming. ANCHORAGE – On Thursday, the ACLU of Alaska filed suit in state court to protect the civil rights and […]
“Over the last 40 years, the carceral system has grown into a vast network of corporations that use public-private partnerships to profit from the incarceration of our grandparents, parents, siblings, children, and other loved ones,” said one campaigner. Campaigners from two national justice advocacy groups on Monday released recommendations for the Biden administration to […]