AK HB9

Authorizes capital punishment in Alaska by classifying first-degree murder as a capital felony punishable by death sentence

Requires attorney general to elect to seek death penalty within 120 days of arraignment and establishes strict evidentiary requirements (biological/DNA evidence, videotaped confession, or video recording conclusively linking defendant to murder)

Establishes sentencing procedures including separate jury proceedings to determine death sentence, with jury findings on aggravating factors, mitigating factors, and appropriateness of death penalty

Lists 11 specific aggravating factors including murders of children, peace officers, multiple victims, murders for hire, and crimes committed while imprisoned

Provides for automatic Supreme Court review of death sentences within 60 days on grounds including whether sentence was arbitrary, whether evidence supports aggravating factors, and whether sentence is excessive compared to similar cases