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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 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 American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Child maltreatment; Miranda rights; Juvenile justice; Child brain development; Executive function; Cognitive capacity; Developmental incompetence; child abuse(2016)
Brief of Amicus Curiae American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Petitioner
Keywords youth strip searches; psychological harm; juvenile justice system; post-traumatic stress; juvenile detention centers; depression; anxiety; suicide(2016)
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)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellant
Keywords developmental differences; strip search; body cavity searches; minors; children; trauma; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); age; adolescent vulnerability; immaturity; expectation of privacy; Florence(2016)
Brief of FSU Public Interest Law Center, Juvenile Law Center, ACLU of Florida, CFFSY, The Center on Children and Families at UF, Children and Youth Law Clinic at UM, FACDL, FCF, FJRRP at FIU, et. al., as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile offenders; Graham; Henry; Gridine; Miller; Roper; early release; adolescent development; recidivism; lengthy term-of-years sentences; meaningful opportunity; maturity; rehabilitation; capacity for change(2016)