(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.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 12.45.018

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trial jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
(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 Alaska Stat. § 11.41.100 and 11.41.110;
(2) manslaughter under Alaska Stat. § 11.41.120;
(3) criminally negligent homicide under Alaska Stat. § 11.41.130;
(4) felonious assault under Alaska Stat. § 11.41.200 – 11.41.220;
(5) a sexual offense under Alaska Stat. § 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.
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