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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(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)
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(2009)
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(2009)
Brief of Sixteen Members of the United States House of Representatives as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords juvenile life without parole; international law; rights of the child; jus cogens; LWOP(2009)
Brief of the Sentencing Project as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juveniles; life without parole; Eighth Amendment; culpability; mandatory sentencing; rehabilitation; maturity; death penalty(2009)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant, O.K.
Keywords child soldiers; international law; personal jurisdiction; juveniles; minors; adolescents; developmental differences; youth; soldier(2008)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae In Support of Petitioner's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Based on His Juvenile Status
Keywords enemy combat; child soldier; false confessions; interrogations; involuntary confessions; death penalty; disability; diminished capacity(2008)
Brief of Pacific Juvenile Defender Center et al. on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords developmental differences; due process; rehabilitation; Three Strikes Law; fitness hearing; risk-taking(2008)
Brief of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords transfers; young offenders; negative outcomes; recidivism; juvenile courts; adult courts; capacity for rehabilitation; cognitive ability; developmental limitations; immaturity; decision-making; adolescent delinquency; developmental deficiencies(2008)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Defendant-Appellant
Keywords adolescent vulnerability; decision-making age; duress defense; peer pressure; coercive situations; jury instructions; adolescent development(2007)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center in support of Omar Khadr
Keywords developmental differences; enemy combatant; developmental psychology; risky behavior; peer pressure; child soldiers; adolescent autonomy; decision-making; false confessions; greater capacity for change; social science(2007)