Midday Report – July 16, 2024 By Terry Haines Published July 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM AKDT Listen • 30:18 (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Brian Smith walks out of the courtroom after receiving what amounts to two separate life sentences. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said Smith, who was convicted of killing two Alaska Native women, was beyond rehabilitation.