Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile life without parole; LWOP; coercive guilty plea; forced guilty plea; plea bargain; death penalty; plea negotiations; coercive plea negotiations; Roper; adolescent vulnerability; decision-making; adolescent's diminished legal competence; legal comprehension; mental impairments; brain; neurological vulnerabilityBrief of Juvenile Law Center and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Defendant-Appellant
Keywords adolescent vulnerability; decision-making age; duress defense; peer pressure; coercive situations; jury instructions; adolescent developmentBrief and Argument of Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellee
Keywords hallmark attributes of youth; youthful offenders; age-appropriate; fair sentencing; youthful characteristics; young adults; international laws; capacity for rehabilitationBrief of Amici Curiae Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, et al. in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance
Keywords firearms; young adult; brain maturation; Second Amendment; brain development; impulse control; age-based regulations; gun violence; public safety; age twenty-oneBrief of Human Rights for Kids as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords child offenders; career criminal status;; irredeemable offenders; incapabile of rehabilitation; underdeveloped brain; sentencing enhancements; Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)Brief of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords transfers; young offenders; negative outcomes; recidivism; juvenile courts; adult courts; capacity for rehabilitation; cognitive ability; developmental limitations; immaturity; decision-making; adolescent delinquency; developmental deficienciesBrief of Advocates for Child Victims of Domestic Violence as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; trauma; mitigating evidence; moral culpability; childhood abuse; mental health; ACEsBrief of Eight Million Stories and Lone Star Justice Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords childhood poverty; race; mitigating evidence; school-to-prison pipeline; habeas corpus; Black youthBrief 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 judgmentBrief of the Juvenile Innocence & Fair Sentencing Clinic in Support of Appellant Reyes
Keywords hallmark characteristic of youth; risk-taking; juvenile brain development; inability to appreciate risk; mens rea; brain maturity; murder; scienceBrief of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords cognitive deficiencies; adolescent brain; capital punishment; death penalty; execution; risky behavior; impulsivity; adolescent vulnerability; brain activityAmicus Curiae Brief of Gonzaga University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, Seattle University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, and University of Washington Women's Law Caucus
Keywords emerging adult; special relationship; doctrine of emerging adult; special relationship; duty; right to protection; universityAmicus Curiae Brief for Children’s Defense Fund, et al., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigating evidence; youthful offender; antipsychotics; childhood trauma; mental health; solitary confinement; youth-centered expert testimony; antipsychotic medicationBrief of National Alliance on Mental Illness and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; mental illness; mitigating evidence; childhood abuse; trauma; childhood traumaBrief of Juvenile Law Center, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Avis Lee
Keywords brain; young adult; LWOP; disproportionate sentence; Eighth Amendment