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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

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

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

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

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

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

Keywords adolescent brain development; age 17; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); prefrontal cortex

Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. in Support of Respondent

Keywords adolescents; brain; culpability; blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile death penalty; execution; minors; Stanford; youth; youthful offender; Atkins; confession; proportionality analysis; murder