AK SB100

Trial judges may offer up to 10 hours of free post-trial psychological counseling to jurors and alternate jurors who serve in criminal trials involving extraordinarily graphic, gruesome, or emotional evidence or testimony.

Counseling eligibility applies only to trials involving murder (AS 11.41.100 and 11.41.110), manslaughter (AS 11.41.120), criminally negligent homicide (AS 11.41.130), felonious assault (AS 11.41.200-11.41.220), or sexual offenses (AS 11.41.410-11.41.460).

Counseling must occur no later than 180 days after the jury is dismissed.

Counseling may be provided by the court system, a state agency, or by contract, and may be offered as individual or group sessions.