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Brief of the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Respondent
Keywords
Miller;
Graham;
meaningful opportunity for release;
LWOP;
life without parole;
individualized sentencing;
demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation;
retroactive application;
collateral review;
children;
mitigating attributes of adolescence;
juvenile sentencing;
resentencing;
homicide;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
impulsivity;
underdeveloped sense of responsibility;
adolescent development
Amicus Brief of the District Attorneys for the Second and Eighteenth Judicial Districts
Keywords
collateral review;
Miller;
mandatory life without parole;
watershed rule;
retroactive application;
resentencing;
juvenile offenders
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Respondent
Keywords
retroactive application;
Miller;
collateral review;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
attributes of youth;
resentencing;
LWOP;
life without parole;
juvenile offender;
Graham;
immaturity;
brain;
behavior control;
reduced culpability;
lesser blameworthiness
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, et al. Supporting Petitioner Gary L. Griffin
Keywords
juvenile homicide;
children;
adolescent development;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
Miller;
collateral review;
resentencing;
cruel and unusual punishment;
mandatory life without parole;
LWOP;
Teague;
watershed rule;
juvenile life without parole;
reduced culpability;
lessened blameworthiness;
attributes of youth;
brain;
vulnerability to negative influences;
peer pressure;
immaturity
Juvenile Law Center, Children & Family Justice Center, et al.’s Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Respondent-Appellee
Keywords
violent offender registration;
culpability;
adolescent development;
Miller;
rehabilitation;
developmental differences;
youthful offenders;
equal protection;
public registries;
juvenile offenders;
Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords
age-related characteristics;
LWOP;
life without parole;
youth;
mitigating factor;
meaningful opportunity to obtain release;
de facto life;
children;
adoelscent development;
neuroscience;
brain;
disproportionate sentences;
capacity for change;
long term-of-years sentences
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth in Support of Appellants
Keywords
RICO;
gang members;
juvenile homicide;
children;
adolescent development;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
Miller;
collateral review;
resentencing;
cruel and unusual punishment;
mandatory life without parole;
LWOP;
Teague;
watershed rule;
juvenile life without parole;
reduced culpability;
lessened blameworthiness;
attributes of youth;
brain;
vulnerability to negative influences;
peer pressure;
immaturity
Juvenile Law Center Brief on Behalf of Petitioner Lucero
Keywords
meaningful opportunity for release;
Miller;
Graham;
children;
juvenile offenders;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
de facto life without parole;
nonhomicide;
lessened culpability;
capacity for rehabilitation;
developmental characteristics;
diminished culpability;
lessened blameworthiness
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords
Miller;
retroactive application;
resentencing;
lessened culpability;
mitigating factors;
lessened blameworthiness;
capacity for change;
life without parole;
LWOP;
de facto life without parole;
age;
age-related characteristics;
juvenile;
finality;
meaningful opportunity for release;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
adolescent development
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Respondents Michael Soto, Robert Tulloch, Robert Dingman, and Eduardo Lopez, Jr.
Keywords
Miller;
retroactive application;
resentencing;
juveniles;
life without parole;
LWOP;
de facto life without parole;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
lessened culpability;
lessened blameworthiness;
murder;
mandatory life without parole
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Appellees and Urging Affirmance
Keywords
Fourth Amendment (U.S.);
strip searches;
Special Needs Test;
juveniles;
adolescents;
suspicionless strip searches;
probable cause;
minors;
children;
teenagers;
reasonable suspicion;
individualized suspicion;
adolescent vulnerability;
adolescent development;
trauma;
Body ID policy;
intrusive searches
Brief of National Center for Youth Law and Juvenile Law Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent-Appellant
Keywords
child incarceration;
adult facilities;
transfers to adult court;
transfers;
recidivism;
future offending;
discretionary transfer;
adolescent development;
adolescent vulnerability;
interlocutory review
Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellee
Keywords
retroactive application;
resentencing;
Miller;
mandatory LWOP;
mandatory life without parole;
first degree murder;
lesser offenses;
juveniles
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
State of New Mexico's Answer Brief to Amicus Brief in Chief
Keywords
adolescent development;
brain;
neuroscience;
Graham;
juvenile offenders;
rehabilitation;
science;
meaningful opportunity;
aggregated sentences;
capacity for change;
emotion;
impulsivity;
frontal lobe
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