"...asking why Alaska's justice system is so resistant to fixing its errors." They don't even listen during hearings when lack of due process is discussed as it is denied. Many have had contact with the courts in Alaska who were railroaded while others got light sentences. There were those who were harmed then charged with a crime for a normal reaction to psychological torture, this is done to protect those in power. Sometimes those in power are in a small village and control the court system there. They have destroyed so many lives, then refuse to help the victims of the Alaska Court System and corrupt law enforcement. Thank you for helping this woman tell her story. Those who are incarcerated for decades lose everyone, they have no resources, no power, no people on the outside fighting for them. 
In my case there were 3 public defenders with alcohol, drug issues, a corrupt judge, and a prosecutor who had me wrongfully imprisoned 3 days after filing an appeal. AK Courts=injustice.