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Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant, E.L.
Keywords LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); youth; age; distinctive attributes of youth; characteristics of youth(2013)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing with Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords Miller; individualized sentencing; life without parole; culpability; blameworthiness(2013)
Amended Merit Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael Dewine in Support of Appellee State of Ohio
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); discretionary sentence; LWOP; life without parole; discretionary life without parole; mandatory life without parole; Miller; youth; homicide; mitigating effects of youth(2013)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Legal Voice, and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Appellants
Keywords pregnant minor; equal protection; Parental Notification Law (PNL); abortion; equal protection; discrimination; adolescent(2013)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; Graham; child; adolescent develoment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); watershed rules(2013)
Corrected Brief on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release(2013)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; felony murder; Miller; Graham; brain; individualized determination; adolescent development; meaningful opportunity for release; intent to kill(2013)
Amended Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juveniles; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; childhood deprivation; brain development; child development; de facto life sentence(2013)
Brief of Amicus Curiae, Herby J. Caillot in Support of Positions of Gregory Diatchenko and Marquise Brown
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; first degree murder; joint venture; mandatory sentences; capacity for change; impulsivity(2013)
Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Racial Justice at Harvard Law School et al.
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; juvenile homicide offense; disproportionate sentence(2013)
Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; child development; decision-making; long-term planning; emotional regulation; Graham; Miller; murder; penological justification; purpose of punishment; childhood deprivation; blameworthiness; developmental maturity; under age 18(2013)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lessened culpability; capacity for change; transient immaturity; impulsivity; risk-assessment; vulnerability to negative influences; unformed juvenile personality; juvenile minds; attributes of youth; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; adolescent development(2013)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Real Party in Interest Tyler B.
Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; consent to search; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); Fifth Amendment (U.S.); blood draw; susceptibility to coercion; interrogations; age; attributes of youth; Miranda; search and seizure(2013)
Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Medicine Terry A. Maroney, et al. as Amici Curiae
Keywords death penalty; cognitively impaired; ADHD; confession; Miranda; police interrogation; adolescent brain science; Miranda custody analysis; self-incrimination; involuntary confessions; false confessions(2013)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; murder; Graham; intent to kill; felony murder; juvenile culpability; juvenile blameworthiness(2012)