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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 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 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(2022)
Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole
Keywords retroactive relief; young adult; Miller; Montgomery; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole(2022)
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 for Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center as Amicus Curiae Supporting Defendant-appellant
Keywords young adults; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory LWOP; 18-year-old(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 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)
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 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)
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 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 Juvenile Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Juvenile Sentencing Project at Quinnipiac University School of Law, and Deborah Labelle in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole
Keywords cognitive characteristics; impulsivity; greater capacity for change; peer pressure; mandatory LWOP; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; neurodevelopmental growth; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionate sentences; excessive punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); age of adulthood; age 18; youth above age 18; peer pressure; vulnerability to peer pressure; young adults(2022)
Amicus Brief of Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and Youth Law Center on Behalf of Appellant Luis Angel Gutierrez
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescent behavior; biology; legal culpability; legal blameworthiness; substance use; hallmarks of adolescence; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; life without parole; mitigation characteristics(2021)
BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, ET. AL IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT
(2021)