Alaska Stat. § 26.05.585

Current through Chapter 3 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 26.05.585 - Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited

A court-martial may not impose on a member of the militia punishment by flogging, branding, marking, or tattooing on the body, or another cruel or unusual punishment. The use of irons, single or double, except for the purpose of safe custody, is prohibited.

AS 26.05.585

Added by SLA 2016, ch. 55,sec. 4, eff. 7/1/2016.

This section was originally numbered as 26.05.510 but was changed by the revisor of statutes.