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Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, ACLU of New Jersey, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Gault Center, Juvenile Law Center, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, & Sentencing Project
(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars on the Neurological Effects of Pornography on Adolescents in Support of Respondent
Keywords Neuroplasticity; adolescent brain development; pornography addiction; childhood exposure; prefrontal cortex; youth vulnerability; public health issue; brain development harm; sexually explicit materials; compulsive pornography use(2024)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior in Support of Appellant Evan McCarrick Jerald
Keywords Adolescent development; Neuroscience; Adolescent decison-making; Impulsivity; Future discounting; Peer influence; Risky decision-making; Adolescent brain development; Brain development; Criminal behavior; Self-desistance; Maturation; Evidence-based treatment(2024)
Motion of Forty Developmental Science Scholars and Nonprofits for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of Appellants; Brief of Amici Curiae
Keywords People v. Parks; Michigan Constitution; mandatory life without parole; mandatory LWOP; late adolescence; mitigating characteristics of youth; Miller v. Alabama; Roper v. Simmons; developmental neuroscience; Graham v. Florida; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2024)
Brief of Disability Rts. Tex. & Legal Action Ctr. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
(2023)
Brief of N.Y. Soc’y of Addiction Med., et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
(2023)
Brief of the Am. Pub. Health Ass’n and the Nat’l Ass’n of Cnty. & City Health Officials as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees
(2023)
Brief of the Nat’l Ass’n of Counties, the Cnty. Executives of Am., the Nat’l League of Cities, the U.S. Conf. of Mayors, and the Int’l Mun. Lawyers Ass’n as Amici Curiae Supporting Appellees Urging Affirmance
Keywords Opioid crisis; drug overdose deaths; opioids; pharmacies; prescription drugs; addiction; fentanyl; public health; pharmaceutical industry(2023)
Brief of Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees
Keywords public nuisance; equitable remedies; product sales; opioid epidemic; regulatory efforts; tort principles(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction & California Society of Addiction Medicine in Support of Objector and Appellant
Keywords Substance Use Disorders; Substance Use; Parental Rights; Family Separation; Evidence-Based Criteria; Stigma; Judicial Intervention; Dependency Jurisdiction; DSM-5-TR; Substantial Risk of Harm(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center; the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; the Sentencing Project; and the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords sex offender registration of children; trauma; age; developmental differences; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; cognitive neuroscience; developmental functioning; prefrontal cortex; adolescent brain development; long-term planning; decision-making; risk assessment; psychosocial immaturity; SORN(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Boston University Center for Anti Racist Research, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center on Race Inequality and the Law, and Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Affirmance
Keywords irreperable corruption; racial disparity; 18-20-year-olds; 18 to 20 year olds; post-Miller sentencing; discretionary LWOP; discretionary life without parole; late adolescents ; late adolescence; Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity(2023)
Retired Massachusetts Judges Brief et al. in Support of Appellants
Keywords late adolescence; late adolescents; Miller; Diatchenko; permanent incorrigibility; Miller hearings; inconsistent sentencing(2023)
Corrected Brief for the Committee for Public Counsel Services as Amicus Curiae in Support of Messrs. Mattis and Robinson
Keywords late adolescents; capacity to change; LWOP; Diatchenko; parole eligibility; rehabilitation; brain development(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Terry Kupers, Craig Haney, Pablo Stewart, and Stuart Grassian in Support of Plaintiff-Apellee and Affirmance
Keywords solitary confinement; isolation; administrative segregation; substance use; trauma; psychological harm; physiological harm; penal confinement(2023)