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Brief for Amicus Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU of Mississippi, the American Conservative Union Foundation, the Rutherford Institute, the R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle in Support of Petitioner

Keywords permanently incorrigible; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole; incapable of rehabilitation; juvenile

Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); irreparable corruption; transient immaturity; Miller

Brief of Scholars of Criminal Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords beyond rehabilitation; incorrigibility; LWOP; life without parole; Miller; Montgomery; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionate sentences

Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); incorrigibility; Miller; Montgomery; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; individualize hearings; LWOP; life without parole

Amicus Curiae with Brief in Support of Poole Appeal

Keywords Miller; culpability; youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; murder; life without parole; mandatory LWOP; juveniles ; attendant characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; life imprisonment; resentencing; children

Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords transient immaturity; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); late adolescents; ages 18-21; Miller

Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of John Antonio Poole

Keywords prefrontal cortex; immaturity; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); chronological age; mitigating factors of youth; late adolescents; brain development; impulse control; self-regulation; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; vulnerability to peer pressure

Brief of Amici Curiae Charles Selby in Support of Defendant-appellant John Poole

Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; emerging adult; 18-year-old; brain development; adolescent development; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); diminished cognitive capacity; peer pressure; risky behavior; age of majority; Miller factors; de facto life sentence; underdeveloped character

Brief of Amicus Curiae Robert Earl Hawkins in Support of John Antonio Poole

Keywords prefrontal cortex; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; hallmark features of youth; neurobiological research; lesser blameworthiness; ages 18-25; young adult; emerging adults; impulsivity; murder

Brief of Amici Curiae Neuroscientists, Psychologists, and Criminal Justice Scholars in Support of Defendant-appellant Mr. Poole

Keywords brain development; brain imaging; brain plasticity; brain capability to change and adapt; late adolescents; LWOP; retribution; incapacitation; mitigating factor; trauma; chronic stress; personality development; penological justification; purpose and justification for punishment; MRI; structural changes in the brain; grey matter; white matter; prefrontal cortex

Brief for Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center as Amicus Curiae Supporting Defendant-appellant

Keywords young adults; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory LWOP; 18-year-old

Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords retroactive relief; young adult; Miller; Montgomery; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Juvenile Sentencing Project at Quinnipiac University School of Law, and Deborah Labelle in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords cognitive characteristics; impulsivity; greater capacity for change; peer pressure; mandatory LWOP; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; neurodevelopmental growth; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionate sentences; excessive punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); age of adulthood; age 18; youth above age 18; peer pressure; vulnerability to peer pressure; young adults

Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee

Keywords protected class; Miller; Montgomery; capital sentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole

Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association in Support of Reversal

Keywords Miller; Montgomery; irreparable corruption; incorrigibility; irretrievably depraved; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; beyond rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)
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