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Brief of Professor Michele Deitch in Support of Appellant Cameron Moon
Keywords youth; homicide; court transfers; juvenile jurisdiction; rehabilitation; rehabilitative programs; criminal history(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Youth Justice, Center on Children and Families, Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Southern Juvenile Defender Center in Support of Appellant Dorian Rafael Romero
Keywords access to courts; adolescents; immaturity; adolescent development; incarcerated individuals(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Association in Support of Appellee State of Ohio
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; de facto life sentence; nonhomicide offense; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Merit Brief of Amicus Curiae, the Office of the Ohio Public Defender, in Support of Appellant Brandon Moore
Keywords meaningful opportunity for release; cruel and unusual; nonhomicide offense; terms-of-years sentence; Graham; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile nonhomicide offender(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant, B.M.
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; meaningful opportunity for release; de facto life sentence; children; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; Graham; peer pressure; adolescent vulnerability; risky behavior; immaturity; youth; mitigating factors; attendant circumstances; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant Brandon Moore
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; de facto life sentence; nonhomicide offense; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Amici Curiae Brief of the Center for Children & Youth Justice and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Respondent
Keywords youth; special protections; record sealing; rehabilitation; protective treatment of youth; brain science; impulsivity; peer pressure; decision-making; risky behavior(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant D.S.
Keywords delinquent; sex offenses; minors; registration; juvenile sex offenders; due process; sex offender registration(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Ulonzo Gordon
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; life without parole; mandatory sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Donte Lamar Jones
Keywords juvenile homicide; Miller; cruel and unusual; characteristics of youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescents; developmental characteristics of adolescents; retroactive relief; disproportionate sentences(2014)
Brief of Ad Hoc Committee Comprised of Former Officials of the Michigan Department of Corrections and Correctional, Penological, Public Safety, and Mental Health Organizations Together with Individual Experts as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant
Keywords Miller; Miller; homicide; murder; transitory immaturity; characteristics of youth; justification for punishment; adolescent vulnerability; retroactive relief(2014)
Brief on Appeal of Attorney General Bill Schuette as Intervenor
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; Teague; Maxson test(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., in Support of Petition to Transfer
Keywords transfers; felony murder; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; mandatory minimum sentences; adolescents; adolescent vulnerability to peer influence; decision-making; impulsivity; juveniles; sentencing discretion(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and the National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords de facto life sentences; Miller; Graham; juveniles; developmental differences; age; nonhomicide offense; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Amici Curiae Brief on Behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Petitioner Filed with Consent of Parties
Keywords brain development; youth offenders; peer pressire; blameworthiness; culpability; susceptibility to deterence; capacity to change; LWOP; life without parole; Graham; Miller; juveniles; Miller factors; mitigating factors(2014)