Alaska Statutes.
Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 45. Trial, Evidence, Compromise
Section 18. Juror Counseling Following Graphic Evidence or Testimony.
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AS 12.45.018. Juror Counseling Following Graphic Evidence or Testimony.

(a) The trial judge may offer not more than 10 hours of post-trial psychological counseling, without charge, to a juror or an alternate juror who serves on a trial jury in a trial involving extraordinarily graphic, gruesome, or emotional evidence or testimony.

(b) The counseling offered under (a) of this section applies only to a juror or alternate juror who serves on a trial jury for a trial involving the following offenses:

(1) murder under AS 11.41.100 and 11.41.110;

(2) manslaughter under AS 11.41.120;

(3) criminally negligent homicide under AS 11.41.130;

(4) felonious assault under AS 11.41.200 — 11.41.220;

(5) a sexual offense under AS 11.41.410 — 11.41.460.

(c) The counseling offered under (a) of this section

(1) must occur not later than 180 days after the jury is dismissed;

(2) may be provided by the court system, by a state agency, or by contract; and

(3) may be individual or group counseling.

Article 02. DISCOVERY, TESTIMONY, AND EVIDENCE

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