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Application for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief and Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae ACLU, ACLU of Northern California, et al., in Support of Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; race; mass incarceration; racial disparity; overincarceration; super predator myth; black youth; people of color; excessive sentences; death sentence; LWOP; felony murder; de facto life sentence; parole eligibility; strict scrutiny; Equal Protection; suspect classification; first degree murder(2023)
Application to File Amici Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Brief of Amici Curiae for the Santa Clara County Independent Defense Counsel Office (“IDO”) in Support of Defendant and Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords adoelscent brain; brain development;; equal protection; racial disparities; behavior; socioeconomic disparities; diminished culpability; youth parole; youthful offender; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; youthful offender parole; first degree murder(2023)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and RISE for Youth
Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; Fifth Amendment (U.S.); law enforcement in schools; racial disparities; Black youth; confessions(2023)
Wisconsin Innocence Project Amicus Brief
Keywords age; police interrogations; Miranda custody analysis; confessions; developmental deficiencies; involuntary statements; maximization; minimization(2023)
Retired Massachusetts Judges Brief et al. in Support of Appellants
Keywords late adolescence; late adolescents; Miller; Diatchenko; permanent incorrigibility; Miller hearings; inconsistent sentencing(2023)
Corrected Brief for the Committee for Public Counsel Services as Amicus Curiae in Support of Messrs. Mattis and Robinson
Keywords late adolescents; capacity to change; LWOP; Diatchenko; parole eligibility; rehabilitation; brain development(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Boston University Center for Anti Racist Research, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center on Race Inequality and the Law, and Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Affirmance
Keywords irreperable corruption; racial disparity; 18-20-year-olds; 18 to 20 year olds; post-Miller sentencing; discretionary LWOP; discretionary life without parole; late adolescents ; late adolescence; Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity(2023)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief of Prosecutors Alliance of California in Support of Neither Party
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; juvenile culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; youth offender parole; special circumstance murder; first degree murder; racial disparities(2023)
Combined Application to File an Amicus Curiae Brief and Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent, The People of the State of California
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; equal protection; parole eligibility; young adult; first degree murder; special circumstances(2023)
Application to File Amici Curiae Brief & Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights Watch et al., in Support of Defendant & Appellant Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; rehabilitation; parole hearing; diminished culpability of youth; parole eligibility; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; brain development; behavior(2023)
Application of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Juvenile Justice Scholars and Nonprofits to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant; [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief
Keywords adolescents; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; mitgiating attributes; Miller; late adolescence; brain development; plasticity; brain imaging; adolescent vulnerability; hierarchical development; neurological development; maladaptive behavior; emotions; emotional arousal; trauma; chronic stress; psychological capacity; personality; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; parole suitability hearing(2023)
Non-Party Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Fourteen Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Child Welfare Systems, and Adolescent Development Experts in Support of Defendant-Appellant Damian L. Hauschultz
Keywords youth interrogation; adolescent brain development; vulnerability to adult pressure; decision-making; impulsivity; trauma; age; interrogations; rewards system(2023)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Gonzaga University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, Seattle University School of Law Women's Law Caucus, and University of Washington Women's Law Caucus
Keywords emerging adult; special relationship; doctrine of emerging adult; special relationship; duty; right to protection; university(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center; the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; the Sentencing Project; and the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords sex offender registration of children; trauma; age; developmental differences; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; cognitive neuroscience; developmental functioning; prefrontal cortex; adolescent brain development; long-term planning; decision-making; risk assessment; psychosocial immaturity; SORN(2023)
[Proposed] Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant, O.R., by Amici Drug Policy Alliance, Any Positive Change, the Beyond Do No Harm Network, et al.
Keywords family separation; substance use; parental rights; child removal; juvenile court; risk of harm(2023)