And the Asst. DA refuted a point in Muñoz’s letter: that it’s “a more productive route” for Jack to be rehabilitated rather than serve “long-term incarceration.”

“Rep Muñoz goes on to imply that the shift in policy (e.g. SB 91) should be applied to the defendant’s circumstances. Nevertheless, the Legislature did not elect to modify the sentencing statues applicable to the defendant. ... It is reasonable to presume the Legislature did that intentionally, in light of the obviously unacceptable rates of sexual abuse of minors in the state of Alaska,” Kemp’s report reads.