{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-12.45.018","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 12.45.018","heading":"Juror counseling following graphic evidence or testimony.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(1) murder under AS 11.41.100 and 11.41.110;\n(2) manslaughter under AS 11.41.120;\n(3) criminally negligent homicide under AS 11.41.130;\n(4) felonious assault under AS 11.41.200 — 11.41.220;\n(5) a sexual offense under AS 11.41.410 — 11.41.460.\n(c) The counseling offered under (a) of this section\n(1) must occur not later than 180 days after the jury is dismissed;\n(2) may be provided by the court system, by a state agency, or by contract; and\n(3) may be individual or group counseling.","path":["Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 45. Trial, Evidence, Compromise."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#12.45.018","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:46Z","sha256":"4a448e135a4fc23164f4df6aba6e8c09f80e902573c66fdf49e16d33bd16475e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-12.45.015","next":"us-ak/as-12.45.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}