Alaska
Adanna Francis sentenced for June 2018 THC Manslaughter
Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – On Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Adanna Francis for Manslaughter and DUI involving a THC-impaired traffic crash that killed rollerblader Paul Winter on Jun. 5, 2018.
The parties agreed to a cap of ten years to serve on the manslaughter and one year to serve on the DUI, but otherwise, the parties agreed to leave the sentence to Judge Peterson’s discretion.
Judge Peterson imposed 12 years with 5 years suspended for manslaughter and 360 days for the DUI, but he ran 180 days concurrent.
He imposed a composite sentence of 7 years 180 days to serve.
He also placed Francis on five years supervised probation.
Judge Peterson remarked that he needed to balance the need for community condemnation, harm to Winter’s family, and risk to public safety with several favorables for Francis.
He cited her thirty course completion certificates, her employment on release (including a promotion), obtaining her high school diploma and driver’s license, her minimal violations on release, her completion of a substance abuse assessment, her youthfulness, and her lack of criminal history as her favorables.
Judge Peterson also noted that a significant sentence was necessary to address the challenge in preventing DUI homicides and their random nature.
During his sentencing comments, Assistant District Attorney David Buettner argued that ten years to serve was necessary because of the random nature of unintentional homicides like DUI manslaughter and the challenges to law enforcement in preventing these types of fatal crashes.
Judge Peterson agreed and noted that driving is one of the most dangerous activities every person undertakes every day.
Francis drove recklessly from Mountain View to Cordova and 9th Avenue where she struck Paul Winter.
She struck a curb and jumped her vehicle onto the sidewalk.
Toxicology results showed Francis’s blood contained 31 ng/mL of Delta 9 THC.
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An organization of communities in Alaska’s far north sued the Bureau of Land Management Friday over a rule they said “turns a petroleum reserve into millions of acres of de facto wilderness.”
The lawsuit appears to be one of the first to be filed under the Administrative Procedure Act in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision dismantling the Chevron doctrine.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat alleges that BLM’s “NPR-A Rule” forbids oil and gas development in 10.6 million acres of Alaska, and effectively ends any further leasing and development in an additional 13.1 million acres.
The rule is “directly contrary” to Congress’s purpose in creating the Natural Petroleum Reserve in Alaska—to further oil and gas exploration and development, Voice said in its complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska. BLM “disingenuously” claims that the rule “speaks for Alaska Natives,” the group said.
The rule violates several federal laws, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It is therefore arbitrary and capricious under the APA, the complaint says.
Voice is represented by Ashburn & Mason P.C.
The case is Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., D. Alaska, No. 24-136, complaint filed 6/28/24.
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The Interior Department on Friday moved to prevent mining across Alaska by blocking a road to the copper-rich Ambler Mining District and protecting 28 million acres of federal land statewide from minerals development.
Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile mining road across Alaska’s Brooks Range, was formally rejected by the Bureau of Land Management, setting up an expected legal clash with the state.
The Interior Department also took a step toward blocking mining and other development on 28 million acres of federal land known as “D-1″ lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Bureau of Land Management on Friday …
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