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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)
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, et al in support Plaintiffs/Appellee's Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords youth; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); strip search; vulnerable youth; juveniles; psychological vulnerability; trauma; adolescent development; PTSD; body consciousness(2006)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, et al. in Support of Appellant Corey Spears
Keywords right to counsel; delinquency proceeding; youth; conflict of interest; authority figures; interrogation; vulnerability; immaturity(2006)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center; The Center on Children and Families; The Central Juvenile Defender Center; The ChildLaw Center et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of the Respondent-Appellee
Keywords right to counsel; minor; EJJ; Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction; transfer; Juvenile Court Act; vagueness; brain; adolescent development; Fifth Amendment (U.S.); neurological research; adolescent psychology(2005)