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Brief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and American Academy of Psychiatry and Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords juvenile brain development; false confessions; intelligence; coerced confessions; juvenile susceptibility to false and coerced confessions; involuntary confessions; vulnerability to pressure; immaturity of judgment(2018)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; retroactive relief; resentencing; juvenile murderers; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; discretionary life sentences; plea bargains; state sovereignty; victims' rights(2018)
Proposed Brief of Pub. Health Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
Keywords methadone; opioid use disorder; MOUD; medication-assisted treatment; correctional settings; standard of care(2018)
Brief of Amici Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile nonhomicide offenders; Graham v. Florida; life without parole; moral culpability; maturity; rehabilitation(2018)
Brief of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and nine other organizations as amici curiae
Keywords sentencing; judicial authority; probation violation; unlawful sentence; incarceration; treatment programs(2018)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Willbanks and Nathan
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life sentences; children; Miller; Graham; rehabilitation; juvenile brain; transient immaturity; disproportionate sentences; penological purpose(2017)
State of New Mexico's Answer Brief to Amicus Brief in Chief
Keywords adolescent development; brain; neuroscience; Graham; juvenile offenders; rehabilitation; science; meaningful opportunity; aggregated sentences; capacity for change; emotion; impulsivity; frontal lobe(2017)
Motion of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Columbia Legal Services, and Washington Defender Association for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent
Keywords de facto life without parole sentence; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; juvenile sentencing; Gunwall factors; Miller; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); heightened protection; categorical bar analysis(2017)
Amici Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services and TeamChild
Keywords youth; juvenile record; racial disparity; record sealing; youth of color; transition to adulthood(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Senator Angela Bryant, Senator Erica Smith-Ingram, Representative Kelly Alexander, Representative Larry Bell, Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield, and Representative Rosa Gill et al., in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords juvenile homicide; racial disparity; juvenile offender; characteristics of youth; adolescent brain; immaturity; risky behavior; impulsivity; Miller; unconstitutionally vague statute(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Juvenile Sentencing Project in Support of Defendant-Appellee Harry Sharod James
Keywords Miller; discretionary life without parole sentences; discretionary LWOP sentences; hallmark features of youth; mitigating factor; Montgomery; peer pressure; developmentally inappropriate sentence; disproportionate sentence; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2017)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Johnson
Keywords Roper; Graham; irreparably corrupt; beyond rehabilitation; brain development; LWOP; life without parole; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Harrison
Keywords transferred intent; adolescents; culpability; blameworthiness; foreseeability; risk-taking; neuroscience research; vulnerability to negative influences; felony murder(2017)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center Et. Al Support of Petitioner
Keywords Roper; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; immaturity; peer pressure; age; characteristics of youth; adulthood; risky behavior; impulsivity; death penalty(2017)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disproportionate sentences; juvenile offenders; sentencing; youthfulness; auto-decline statute; mandatory sentencing; sentence enhancements; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lesser blameworthiness; diminished culpability(2016)