Contrary to popular belief, Alaskans live in a police state with a correctional system that is immune from the consequences of its bad acts. The Department of Law is well known in legal circles for stonewalling (especially when it comes to discovery)  and carrying on a war of attrition, fighting with the full financial resources of the state on every case, regardless of merit, in the hopes the parties will run out of money, go home or die. It's despicable and the attorneys who work for the state are too.