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Amended Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., in Support of Appellants, Blake Layman and Levi Sparks
Keywords mandatory minimum sentences; mandatory sentences; risk-assessment; decision-making; felony murder; Miller; adolescent development; behavior; juvenile offenders; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; peer pressure; agency theory; brain(2014)
Brief for Children at Risk as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords rare juveniles; rehabilitative programming; beyond rehabilitation; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; solitary confinement; capacity for rehabilitation(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee Cameron Moon
Keywords homicide; court transfers; individualized determination; maturity; youth; capacity for change; rehabilitation; juvenile jurisdiction(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Texas Appleseed in Support of Appellee Cameron Moon
Keywords homicide; court transfers; juvenile jurisdiction; Kent criteria; psychological harms; irreparable harm; maturity; neurodevelopment; adolescent development; adolescent deficiencies\; adolescent brain; stress; psychosocial stressors(2014)
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)