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93 ABA Journal Alaska articles.

2nd trial begins for ex-prosecutor accused of siphoning $52M from elderly woman’s trust

A former prosecutor who took over a lucrative trust practice from his father’s estate is now facing a second trial in one of the biggest alleged frauds in Alaska history.

‘Fairbanks Four’ freed in teenager’s 1997 murder

An Alaska state court judge has vacated the convictions of four men in the 1997 murder of a Fairbanks teenager.

Three of the four men, known as the “Fairbanks Four,”…

Censure is recommended for apologetic judge who remarked on ‘temptresses’ who are ‘asking for it’

The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a public censure for a judge who apologized for inappropriate comments and said he has “quit going off script.”

The commission made…

Baby born on China Airlines flight diverted to Alaska eligible for US citizenship, official says

A Taiwanese woman who gave birth on Oct. 8 aboard a China Airlines flight to Los Angeles that was diverted to Alaska may have succeeded in what local media in…

Woman is liable for springing traps, Alaska judge says, but he awards hunter no damages

An Alaska trapper said he filed a small claims suit against a Juneau woman for springing several of his lawfully set traps to teach her a lesson.

But after a…

ABA brief urges appointment of counsel in Alaska custody case where opponent has private lawyer

The Alaska Constitution requires the appointment of counsel for an indigent parent in a child custody case when the opposing party is represented by a private lawyer, the American Bar…

Alaska’s first law school is satellite Seattle U campus

A long-planned satellite campus of Seattle University School of Law is opening in Anchorage, Alaska, establishing the state’s first law school.

Available to law students throughout the country, the one-year…

Using hot sauce on boy for ‘Dr. Phil’ show was bid for attention, not discipline, court rules

Determining what constitutes “reasonable parental discipline” can be difficult, because this standard is vague, argued an Alaska mom famous for forcing an adopted child to consume hot sauce as a…

Judge who remarked on ‘temptresses’ who are ‘asking for it’ faces ethics complaint

An Alaska judge is accused in an ethics complaint of making insensitive remarks, including statements about “temptresses” who are “asking for it.”

Judge Timothy Dooley of Nome is accused of…

Did local defense attorney’s criticism spark governor’s unusual firing of top prosecutor?

A longtime prosecutor says she was fired Sunday by Alaska’s governor in a move that news reports suggest may be unprecedented.

No specifc reason was given by newly elected Gov.…

Assistant DA is shot and killed; alleged gunman was motivated by jealousy, police say

Updated: An assistant district attorney in Barrow, Alaska, was shot and killed at his girlfriend’s home on Monday.

A suspect who formerly dated the woman is being held in the…

Voters OK recreational pot in these jurisdictions

Voters in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, D.C., and the city of South Portland, Maine, voted to legalize recreational pot on Tuesday.

Those jurisdictions join Colorado and Washington state, which already allow…

Federal judges OK same-sex marriage in Arizona and Wyoming; SCOTUS declines Alaska stay

Barriers to same-sex marriages were removed by federal courts in three more states Friday.

Federal district judges struck bans in Arizona and Wyoming and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to…

Judge makes court instructions easier to understand for those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

A judge in Barrow, Alaska, is trying to make courtroom proceedings easier to understand for defendants who suffer brain damage caused by their mothers’ drinking during pregnancy.

Judge Michael Jeffery…

Lawyer writes Congress with his money-saving idea: Fire me and my co-workers

The inspector general for an economic development commission in Alaska has a money saving idea: His agency, he tells Congress, should be defunded.

Mike Marsh, the inspector general for the…

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