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Bail hearing at Anchorage Correctional Complex Court
with Judge Douglas H. Kossler presiding. |
Beginning January 1, Alaska courts began receiving information from a pretrial risk assessment tool to assist in bail decisions. The goal is to improve public safety by reducing the number of defendants who fail to appear for trial or commit a new crime while out on bail.
Read about it in the
Winter 2018 Alaska Justice Forum.