Crime in Alaska has attracted significant attention, both within the state and nationally, due to its unique challenges and higher crime rates compared to the rest of the United States.[1] A sparsely populated state with vast wilderness areas, Alaska poses particular difficulties for law enforcement and social service agencies.
Capital punishment is not applied in Alaska, having been abolished by the territorial legislature prior to statehood.[2]
^"Records and Information". Alaska Department of Public Safety. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
^"Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty". religioustolerance.org. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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severe crime problem, organized and led by the infamous badman, Soapy Smith. Smith was killed in Skagway at the Shootout on Juneau Wharf. Alaska still...
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