Sec. 12.55.151. - Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify. - Alaska Statutes

Sec. 12.55.151. Court may not reduce or mitigate punishment based on victim's failure to appear or testify.

Notwithstanding another provision of law, when sentencing a defendant, a court may not mitigate or reduce the punishment of the defendant based on, or otherwise consider as a mitigating factor or reason to impose a lesser punishment, the failure of the crime victim to appear or testify.