00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 42                                                                                         
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 criminal administration.                                                                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04    * Section 1.  Article I, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
05  Section 12.  Criminal Administration.  Excessive bail shall not be required,                                        
06 nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.  Criminal                                     
07 administration shall be based upon the following:                                                                       
08    (1)  restoration of the crime victim and the community to pre-                                                     
09 offense condition through monetary and social restitution;                                                              
10   (2)  provision for offender reclamation and reintroduction into the                                                  
11 community;                                                                                                              
12   (3)  protection of public safety;                                                                                    
13   (4)  provision for appropriate crime victim and community                                                            
14 participation throughout the criminal and any juvenile justice process, including                                       

01 pre-adjudication diversion and use of alternative sanctions, during trial and at                                        
02 sentencing, during punishment, community service, and restitution, and during                                           
03 reclamation and reintroduction of the offender into the community;                                                      
04   (5)  provision for ongoing crime victim protection and for                                                           
05 restoration of the crime victim to the community; and                                                                   
06   (6)  provision for swift and consistent consequences that are                                                        
07 appropriate to the offense and the offender  [THE NEED FOR PROTECTING THE                                              
08 PUBLIC, COMMUNITY CONDEMNATION OF THE OFFENDER, THE RIGHTS                                                              
09 OF VICTIMS OF CRIMES, RESTITUTION FROM THE OFFENDER, AND THE                                                            
10 PRINCIPLE OF REFORMATION].                                                                                              
11    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
12 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
13 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.