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Brief of Amici Curiae Neuroscientists, Psychologists, and Criminal Justice Scholars in Support of Defendant-appellant Mr. Poole
Keywords brain development; brain imaging; brain plasticity; brain capability to change and adapt; late adolescents; LWOP; retribution; incapacitation; mitigating factor; trauma; chronic stress; personality development; penological justification; purpose and justification for punishment; MRI; structural changes in the brain; grey matter; white matter; prefrontal cortex(2022)
Brief of the Sentencing Project et al. in Support of Appellant Sheldon Mattis
Keywords emerging adult; life without parole; brain development; disproportionate sentences; late adolescents; developmental characteristics of youth; age of maturity(2022)
Brief of Neuroscientists, Psychologists, and Criminal Justice Scholars in Support of Defendant-appellant Sheldon Mattis
Keywords late adolescents; brain imaging; hierarchical development; brain plasticity; neuroplasticity; brain development; immaturity; LWOP; emotional arousal; disproportionate sentencing; deterrence; retribution; penological justification(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae for the Eastern District Attorney
Keywords murder; emerging adults; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; disproportionate; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); 18-year-olds; young adults; brain development; neuronal immaturity; Diatchenko; Miller(2022)
Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; mandatory LWOP; young adults; disproportionate sentences(2022)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
Keywords psychological harm; physical harm; solitary confinement; prolonged isolation; chronic stress; disrupted sleep; sleep deprivation; PTSD; trauma(2022)
Brief of the Juvenile Innocence & Fair Sentencing Clinic in Support of Appellant Reyes
Keywords hallmark characteristic of youth; risk-taking; juvenile brain development; inability to appreciate risk; mens rea; brain maturity; murder; science(2022)
Brief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coercive nature of prayers; adolescent brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; neurobiological research; social approval; adolescent vulnerability to negative influences; dual system; neuroimaging; brain imaging; reward-processing brain regions; developmental trajectories(2022)
Brief of King County Department of Public Defense
Keywords adolescents; emerging adulthood; sex offender registration and notification; SORN; 18-year-old; suicide; sexual recidivism; race; Black youth(2022)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigation; transfers; diminished culpability; children; Houston-Sconiers; Ramos; presumption of mitigation; adult court(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, TeamChild, and Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords sentencing; racial disparity; children of color; adultification; adultification; Black youth; race(2022)
Brief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coersion; coercive nature of prayers; brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; social approval; adolescent vulnerability; developmental trajectories; dual system; brain imaging(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, et al., in Support of Petitioner-Appellants
Keywords minor status; age of majority; age of adulthood; young adult; brain development; recidivism; post-conviction relief(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Stephen J. Ziegler, Lynn R. Webster, Michael A. Barnes, & the Center for U.S. Policy in Support of Petitioner
(2021)
BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, ET. AL IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT
(2021)