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Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords youth; false confessions; youthful suspects; interrogations(2010)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Fifth Amendment; adolescents; neurological research; coercion; school(2010)
Merit Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Juvenile Law Center, Montgomery County Public Defender, and Children's Law Center, Inc. et al. in Support of Appellant
Keywords delinquent; juveniles; rehabilitation; sex offenses; child-victim offenses; sentencing discretion; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; brain development; adolescent behavior; Roper; juvenile sex offender; juvenile court discretion; child offenders(2009)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center; The Loyola Civitas ChildLaw Center; The Children and Family Justice Center; The Youth Law Center; and The National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Respondent-Appellant
Keywords delinquency proceeding; right to counsel; children; guardians ad litem; ineffective assistance of counsel; adult prosecution; minor(2009)
Brief of Amici Curiae TeamChild, Commitee for Indigent Representation and Civil Legal Equality, and Children and Family Justice Center
Keywords right to education; truancy proceedings; child; meaningful opportunity to be heard; right to counsel(2009)
Brief of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Neither Party
Keywords adolescent behavior; immaturity; adolescent brain; risk impulsivity; control; regional brain activity; executive control; functional immaturity; structural immaturity(2009)
Brief of Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, et al.
Keywords brain development; prefrontal cortex; juvenile LWOP; trauma; mental health; developmental needs; juvenile offenders; unique attributes of youth(2009)
Brief of Disability Rights Legal Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disabilities; disproportionate sentences; reduced culpability; juvenile LWOP; non-homicide; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; lesser blameworthiness(2009)
Brief of Amici Curiae Educators in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; transient immaturity; peer pressure; non-homicide; reduced culpability; brain development; unformed character; prefrontal cortex(2009)
Brief of Former Juvenile Offenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords LWOP; unformed personality; capacity for rehabilitation; juvenile vulnerability; former juvenile offenders; reduced culpability(2009)
Brief of Amici Curiae of the Mothers Against Murderers Association, Robert Hoelscher, Ruth Johnson, Azim Khamisa, Bill Pelke, Aqeela Sherrills, Tammi Smith, and Linda White in Support of Petitioners
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; disproportionate sentences; rehabilitation; children(2009)
Brief for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords attorney-client relationship; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; characteristics of youth; immaturity; decision-making; peer pressure; plea bargains(2009)
Brief Amici Curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers in Support of Respondent
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; crime victims; juvenile crime; deterrence(2009)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Support of Respondents
Keywords fMRI; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual; scientific evidence; juvenile brain development; brain imaging(2009)
Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondents
Keywords immature brain hypothesis; developmental psychology; age; adolescents; Roper(2009)