Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Willbanks and Nathan
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life sentences; children; Miller; Graham; rehabilitation; juvenile brain; transient immaturity; disproportionate sentences; penological purposeBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, et al. in Support of Respondent Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords Miller; LWOP; life without parole; attendant characteristics of youth; disproportionate sentences; Miller factorsBrief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trial tax; youth; diminished culpability; decision-making; impaired capacity; peer pressure; Sixth Amendment (U.S.); plea bargainsBrief of Amici Curiae Dr. Beatriz Luna, Dr. Charles Alexander Nelson III, Dr. Silvia Bunge, Dr. Adriana Galvan, and Dr. Linda Patia Spear in Support of Neither Party
Keywords brain; brain development; adolescence; brain chemistry; brain structure; synaptic pruning; rewards system; reward processing; cognition; emotions; brain maturation; functional brain maturation; executive functioning; GrahamBrief 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 LWOP; teen; adolescence; diminished culpability; impulsivity; Miller; mitigating qualities of youth; peer influenceBrief for the Center for Children, Law & Policy, University of Houston Law Center as Amicus Curiae
Keywords neurodevelopment; immaturity; vulnerability to outside pressure; peer pressure; neurobiological immaturity; court transfers; adolescent brain; waiver of juvenile jurisdiction; due process; special protectionsBrief of the National Association for Public Defense, the Children’s Law Center, Inc., and the Institute for Compassion in Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment; emerging adult; execution; Equal Protection Clause; death sentence; developmental status; disproportionate sentence; Fourteenth Amendment; young adultBrief of Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellant
Keywords developmental differences; strip search; body cavity searches; minors; children; trauma; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); age; adolescent vulnerability; immaturity; expectation of privacy; FlorenceBrief 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 juvenileBrief 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 AmendmentYouth Law Center Brief in Support of Petitioners
Keywords transfers; transfer to adult court; juveniles; public safety; harm; youth; youth of color; racial disparitiesBrief Amicus Curiae of Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Constitutional Law in Support of Petitioner
Keywords special care; voluntariness analysis; vulnerable persons; psychological coercion; intellectual impairment; juvenile confessions; suggestibility; confession reliabilityApplication for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief and Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae ACLU, ACLU of Northern California, et al., in Support of Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; race; mass incarceration; racial disparity; overincarceration; super predator myth; black youth; people of color; excessive sentences; death sentence; LWOP; felony murder; de facto life sentence; parole eligibility; strict scrutiny; Equal Protection; suspect classification; first degree murderAmicus Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services
Keywords youth of color; unsealed juvenile records; record sealing; rehabilitation; reintegration into society; Ishikawa factors; racial disparitiesAmicus Curiae Brief of Alaska Family Action
Keywords minors; abortions; Parental Notification Law (PNL); parental involvement laws; sexual exploitation; developmental differences; immaturity; psychological risks