Brief of Amici Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers in Support of Petitioner
Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; child development; decision-making; long-term planning; emotional regulation; Graham; Miller; murder; penological justification; purpose of punishment; childhood deprivation; blameworthiness; developmental maturity; under age 18Brief of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Neither Party
Keywords adolescent behavior; immaturity; adolescent brain; risk impulsivity; control; regional brain activity; executive control; functional immaturity; structural immaturityAmicus Brief by the Promise of Justice Initiative
Keywords death penalty; execution; 21-year-old; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); brain development; delayed brain development; objective indicators; RoperMotion of Juvenile Law Center et al. for Leave to File an Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari
Keywords Miranda warnings; age; Fifth Amendment (U.S.) protections; custody determinations; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; questioning minors without an adult; coerced confessions; forced confessions; false confessionsBrief of Juvenile Law Center, et Al., Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords race; disproportionate sentences; juvenile LWOP; life without parole; developmental characteristics; Black juvenile offenders; racial impact of sentencing laws; racial hierarchy; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile life without parole; racial disparities; youthBrief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lessened culpability; capacity for change; transient immaturity; impulsivity; risk-assessment; vulnerability to negative influences; unformed juvenile personality; juvenile minds; attributes of youth; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; adolescent developmentBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior in Support of Petitioner
Keywords joint venture theory; Graham; culpability; blameworthiness; developmental attributes of youth; adolescent development; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; non-homicideBrief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords proportionate sentences; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; life without parole; LWOP; culpability; blameworthinessBrief 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 penaltyBrief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords homicide; juveniles; juvenile offenders; JLWOP; LWOPBrief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords involuntary confessions; age; child development; coerced confessions; vulnerability to confessions; police interrogations; juvenile confessions; decision-making; characteristics of adolescent development; tendency to comply with authority; long-term planning; immature judgment; false confessions; brain development; brain systems; executive functioningBrief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Fifth Amendment; adolescents; neurological research; coercion; schoolBrief of Sixteen Members of the United States House of Representatives as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords juvenile life without parole; international law; rights of the child; jus cogens; LWOPBrief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coercive nature of prayers; adolescent brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; neurobiological research; social approval; adolescent vulnerability to negative influences; dual system; neuroimaging; brain imaging; reward-processing brain regions; developmental trajectories