The Alaska Judicial Council, in an apparent first, is not making a recommendation on whether voters should retain a judge, issuing a mixed performance evaluation on Wednesday for Juneau Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpeneti.
Carpeneti is facing her first retention election this fall after being appointed to the Juneau Superior Court in December 2021. The judicial council has previously recommended against retaining judges 12 times since it began issuing recommendations in 1976, but there…