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Brief of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, and 38 Other Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Tinker; off-campus speech; students of color; racial disparities; marginalized groups; school discipline; protected speech; off-campus student speech; adolescent brain; developmental differences; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); police interrogation; peer influence(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Professional Organizations, Practitioners, and Academics in the Fields of Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and Other Related Fields in Support of Petitioner
Keywords risk-taking; impulsivity; future dangerousness under 21; transient characteristics of youth; impermanent characteristics of youth; emerging adult; brain development; adolescents(2021)
Amicus Curiae with Brief in Support of Poole Appeal
Keywords Miller; culpability; youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; murder; life without parole; mandatory LWOP; juveniles ; attendant characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; life imprisonment; resentencing; children(2021)
Brief of the Due Process Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords emerging adult; Miller; LWOP; life without parole; extension of Miller; 18-20 year olds; young adult(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, et al. in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance
Keywords firearms; young adult; brain maturation; Second Amendment; brain development; impulse control; age-based regulations; gun violence; public safety; age twenty-one(2021)
Brief of Advocates for Child Victims of Domestic Violence as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; trauma; mitigating evidence; moral culpability; childhood abuse; mental health; ACEs(2021)
Brief of Eight Million Stories and Lone Star Justice Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords childhood poverty; race; mitigating evidence; school-to-prison pipeline; habeas corpus; Black youth(2021)
Amicus Curiae Brief for Children’s Defense Fund, et al., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigating evidence; youthful offender; antipsychotics; childhood trauma; mental health; solitary confinement; youth-centered expert testimony; antipsychotic medication(2021)
Brief of National Alliance on Mental Illness and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; mental illness; mitigating evidence; childhood abuse; trauma; childhood trauma(2021)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Robert Earl Hawkins in Support of John Antonio Poole
Keywords prefrontal cortex; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; hallmark features of youth; neurobiological research; lesser blameworthiness; ages 18-25; young adult; emerging adults; impulsivity; murder(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Stephen J. Ziegler, Lynn R. Webster, Michael A. Barnes, & the Center for U.S. Policy in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Physician prosecution; Medical error; Criminal intent; Opioid crisis; Untreated pain; Controlled Substances Act; Mens rea; Standard of care; Good faith defense; Physician liability(2021)
35 faith leaders say blocking Safehouse's overdose-prevention site violates their religious freedom. Their faiths command them to preserve life and show compassion to those in need.
(2020)
Brief of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the Association of Cannabis Specialists, the Drug Policy Alliance, and the Americans for Safe Access Foundation as Amici Curiae
Keywords medical marijuana; probation supervision; Pennsylvania law; Medical Marijuana Act; 52nd Judicial District; patient rights; medical treatment; policy conflict; Department of Health(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trial tax; youth; diminished culpability; decision-making; impaired capacity; peer pressure; Sixth Amendment (U.S.); plea bargains(2020)
Brief of the National Association for Public Defense, the Children’s Law Center, Inc., and the Institute for Compassion in Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment; emerging adult; execution; Equal Protection Clause; death sentence; developmental status; disproportionate sentence; Fourteenth Amendment; young adult(2020)