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Amicus Curiae Brief of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior in Support of Appellant Evan McCarrick Jerald
Keywords Adolescent development; Neuroscience; Adolescent decison-making; Impulsivity; Future discounting; Peer influence; Risky decision-making; Adolescent brain development; Brain development; Criminal behavior; Self-desistance; Maturation; Evidence-based treatment(2024)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, ACLU of New Jersey, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Gault Center, Juvenile Law Center, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, & Sentencing Project
(2024)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Drug Policy Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords vague laws; unlawful user; cannabis; drug use criminalization; firearm possession(2024)
Brief of Proposed Amicus Curiae the Innocence Project
Keywords eyewitness identifications; in-court identifications; memory science; wrongful conviction; constitutional protections; out-of-court identifications; witness confidence(2023)
Brief of Proposed Amicus Curiae the Innocence Project
(2023)
Brief of Amicus Curiae The Innocence Project in Support of Defendant-Appellant
(2023)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Center for Law, Brain & Behavior in Support of Plaintiff-Appellee
Keywords solitary confinement; psychological effects; physical effects; mental illness; brain changes; self-harm; substance use; anxiety; depression; torture(2023)
Brief of Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, NY County Defender Services, and Queens Defenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt and Application for Appointment of a Receiver
Keywords excessive force; New York City jails; public defenders; constitutional rights; DOC custody; Rikers Island; legal services; violence; dysfunction; Consent Decree(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, Aaron Regunberg and Leonela Felix in Support of Affirmance
Keywords Qualified immunity; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; solitary confinement; mental illness; self-harm; prisoner rights; Rhode Island prison system(2023)
Brief of Former Corrections Executives as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner and Reversal of the Seventh Circuit
Keywords solitary confinement; mental illness; prison reform; psychological harm; correctional facilities; rehabilitation; exercise deprivation; behavioral issues; penal justice; recidivism(2023)
Brief of Brock Chisholm, Sondra Crosby, Beatrice Patsalides Hofmann, David Luban, and Stephen N. Xenakis as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords torture; domestic law; international law; adjudicative proceedings; victims' well-being; adversary system; judicial process; torture-derived information(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Terry Kupers, Craig Haney, Pablo Stewart, and Stuart Grassian in Support of Plaintiff-Apellee and Affirmance
Keywords solitary confinement; isolation; administrative segregation; substance use; trauma; psychological harm; physiological harm; penal confinement(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction & California Society of Addiction Medicine in Support of Objector and Appellant
Keywords Substance Use Disorders; Substance Use; Parental Rights; Family Separation; Evidence-Based Criteria; Stigma; Judicial Intervention; Dependency Jurisdiction; DSM-5-TR; Substantial Risk of Harm(2023)
Brief of Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees
Keywords public nuisance; equitable remedies; product sales; opioid epidemic; regulatory efforts; tort principles(2023)
Brief of the Nat’l Ass’n of Counties, the Cnty. Executives of Am., the Nat’l League of Cities, the U.S. Conf. of Mayors, and the Int’l Mun. Lawyers Ass’n as Amici Curiae Supporting Appellees Urging Affirmance
Keywords Opioid crisis; drug overdose deaths; opioids; pharmacies; prescription drugs; addiction; fentanyl; public health; pharmaceutical industry(2023)