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Brief of Amici Curiae State of Michigan and 15 Other States in Support of Respondent

Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; Eighth Amendment; JWLOP; juvenile life without parole; resentencing

Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords youth; false confessions; youthful suspects; interrogations

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

Keywords age; Miranda custody analysis; developmental differences; peer pressure; immaturity; children

Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Miranda custody analysis; age; police officers; Miranda warning; custodial interrogation; involuntary confessions; school; students; free agents; police presence in schools

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords age and experience; totality of circumstances; Miranda custody analysis; custody; interrogation; objective fact; involuntary confessions; reasonable person

Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent

Brief of Indiana, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent

Keywords age; custodial interrogation; Miranda; perception of custody; maturity; confessions; voluntary confessions; juvenile special protections

Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionality analysis; felony murder; decision-making; adolescent vulnerability; peer pressure; reduced culpability; cruel and unusual punishment; adolescent development; characteristics of youth; developmental differences

Brief for the National District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; disproportionate sentences; excessive sentences

Brief for the States of Louisiana, et Al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent

Keywords JLWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); sentencing landscape; transfers; violent juvenile crime; gross proportionality; state juvenile sentencing practices; Roper

Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondents

Keywords immature brain hypothesis; developmental psychology; age; adolescents; Roper

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

Brief of the Sentencing Project as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners

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

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
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