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Council members vote for the applicants they believe are most qualified and should be nominated to the governor. Once the Council nominates the most highly qualified applicants, who makes the ultimate appointments? Under Alaska's Constitution, the governor makes the ultimate appointments to fill judicial vacancies.

The Circle Peacemaking Program was created to address the social ills affecting Kake youth, most notably alcohol abuse and suicide. Tribal members felt that the Alaska state court system was not responding adequately to the problems caused by widespread alcohol abuse among young tribal members.

The commission's mission is to increase fairness and access to the courts for all Alaskans, particularly those who are members of cultural and minority groups, Alaskans of limited means, and self-represented litigants.

Requests should be submitted to the clerk of court where the case was filed. You may submit your request in person or by mail to the court. A complete list of Alaska Court System contact information is available at: .

You may request to have your jury service moved to another time, or to be excused from a portion of your 4-week call in period, or to be excused from your jury service entirely. Include your name, mailing address and participant number in your request and send it via the contact information on your summons.

? What is a grand jury and what does it do? A grand jury is a group of 12-18 citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to charge a person with a felony crime. The prosecutor presents evidence to the grand jurors and calls witnesses to testify. Neither the defense nor a judge is in the room.