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Non-Party Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Douglas D.
Keywords safety; school violence; juvenile court; adolescents(2000)
Amicus Curiae Letter in Support of Petition for Review in Chelsea Becker v. Superior Court
Keywords pregnancy loss; stillbirth; substance use during pregnancy; criminal prosecution; prenatal care; substance use disorder
Brief of Amici Curiae Center for Constitutional Rights, Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Make the Road New York et al. in Support of Respondents
Keywords Homelessness; criminalization of poverty; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; affordable housing crisis; public sleeping bans
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, National Juvenile Defender Center, Children and Family Justice Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords LWOP; children; youth; adolescence; capacity for rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); developmental status; diminished culpability; diminished responsibility; lesser blameworthiness
Amicus Brief by the Promise of Justice Initiative
Keywords death penalty; execution; 21-year-old; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); brain development; delayed brain development; objective indicators; Roper
Brief Amicus Curiae of Becky Wilson and the National Association of Victims of Juvenile Murderers in Support of Respondent
Keywords retraumatization; trauma; neuroscience; victims of juvenile murders; retroactive relief; Miller
Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords homicide; juveniles; juvenile offenders; JLWOP; LWOP