A bill introduced by Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy would increase penalties to second-degree murder for distributing drugs that directly lead to someone’s death.
from the judiciary committee in April, all opioids — such as fentanyl and heroin, but also oxycodone and codeine — would have attracted longer prison sentences. To get the longer sentences, there would be no minimum quantities of those drugs required to be given to another person. The House Finance Committee narrowed those tougher penalties to solely apply to fentanyl, leaving felony sentences for other opioids unchanged.
Cronk’s amendment to broaden the types of drugs that would get longer sentences was rejected on a 23-17 vote, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats and independents in opposition. The Alaska Court System has said two people were convicted on manslaughter charges for drug-induced homicides between 2010 and 2022. But the state Department of Law has said that the threat of harsher penalties has encouraged low-level drug dealers to give up their higher-level associates.
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