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Brief in Support of the Resentencing of Petitioner Angel Alejandro on Behalf of Amici Curiae Robert M. Morgenthau, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Child Welfare League of America, and Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators et al.
Keywords diminished culpability; mitigating qualities of youth; Miller; LWOP; risk-taking; neuroscience; adolescent development; peer influence; environmental factors; adaptable teenage brain; impulsivity(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Loyola Civitas Childlaw Clinic et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords youth; murder; culpability; developmental immaturity; transfers; accountability theory; felony murder; constitutionally relevant attributes of adolescence; individualized determination; age; sentencing discretion(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. on Behalf of Qu'eed Batts
Keywords capacity for rehabilitation; LWOP; adolescent development; reduced culpability; incomptencies; peer pressure; homicide; duress; presumption of immaturity; age(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Victims & Victims' Rights Organizations
Keywords mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); victims; cruel and unusual punishment; retroactive relief; Miller; Jackson(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Ad Hoc Committee of Former Prosecutors, Former Judges, Former Governmental Officials, Leaders of Bar Associations and Law School Deans and Professors, in Support of Defendants-appellants
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; LWOP; life without parole; capacity for change(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. in Support of Defendant-appellants Raymond Curtis Carp, Dakotah Wolfgang Eliason, and Cortez Roland Davis
Keywords superpredator myth; racial disparities; juveniles; youth violence; racial disparities; LWOP; life without parole; racialized criminalization of youth; juvenile sentencing laws(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Faith-based Organizations and Religious Leaders
Keywords religion; LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment; Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; children(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the State Appellate Defender Office
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; substantive rule; procedural rule; Teague; juvenile murder; first-degree murder; Eighth Amendment; LWOP; life without parole(2014)
ACLU Amicus Brief
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; mandatory JLWOP; mandatory juvenile life without parole; mitigating facts; substantive rule; Teague; procedural rule; youth; individualized capital sentencing doctrine; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants Carp, Davis and Eliason
Keywords Miller; adolescent development; neuroscientific research; intent to kill; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Graham; felony murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant Eric Long
Keywords Miller; individualized sentencing; minor; children; decreased culpability; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; age; mitigating factor; uncommon juvenile(2013)
Brief of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney
Keywords denial of parole; LWOP; life without parole; first-degree murder; Miller; parole eligibility ; trial judge; sentencing judge; Eighth Amendment(2013)
Amended Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Petitioners
Keywords nonhomicide offenses; de facto life sentence; meaningful opportunity for release; intent to kill; juveniles; Miller; Graham(2013)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Alaska Family Action
Keywords minors; abortions; Parental Notification Law (PNL); parental involvement laws; sexual exploitation; developmental differences; immaturity; psychological risks(2013)
Brief of National Center for Youth Law and Juvenile Law Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent-Appellant
Keywords child incarceration; adult facilities; transfers to adult court; transfers; recidivism; future offending; discretionary transfer; adolescent development; adolescent vulnerability; interlocutory review(2013)