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Brief of Amici Curiae, Current and Former State Prosecutors, State Attorneys General, DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, and Former Corrections Directors—In Support of Plaintiffs
Keywords JLWOP; Miller; Montgomery; juvenile life without parole; Due Process protections; fair sentencing; individualized assessments; capacity for change; maturity(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Oregon Justice Resource Center and Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Keywords brain development; age 25; prefrontal cortex; cognition; developmental differences between juveniles and adults; brain imaging; neuroimaging; decision- making; immaturity; emotional control; impulse control; juvenile life imprisonment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Proposed Amicus Brief of the Sentencing Project in Support of William N. Palmer
Keywords mandatory life with the possibility of parole; lifetime imprisonment with the possibility of parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; indeterminate sentences; 17-year-old; kidnapping; Miller; Graham; LWOP(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner O.G.
Keywords adolescent development; juvenile transfers; brain science(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Former Judges, Current and Former Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officers, Juvenile Justice Officials, Correctional Officers, and Probation Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trauma; mental health; children; child detainees; trauma-informed care; adolescent brain development(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae, Current and Former State Prosecutors, State Attorneys General, DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, and Former Corrections Directors—In Support of Plaintiffs
Keywords JLWOP; Miller; Montgomery; juvenile life without parole; Due Process protections; fair sentencing; individualized assessments; capacity for change; maturity(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center et al. in Support of Defendant-appellee
Keywords brain; brain plasticity; behavior regulation; emerging adults; dopamine; mandatory LWOP; developmental characteristics; Roper; impulsivity; cold cognition; decision-making; hot cognition; risky behavior(2020)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; de facto life sentences; developmental differences; individualized sentencing; diminished culpability; age; vulnerability to peer pressure; characteristics of youth(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Julie A. Gallagher, Psy.D ABPP in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords unformed juvenile character; transitory immaturity; peer pressure susceptibility to negative influences; imbalanced brain maturation; self-regulation; risk-taking; decision-making; sensitivity to rewards; impulse control; neurotransmitters; dopamine; sensation seeking; adolescent development(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Amicus Populi in Support of Respondent
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); permanently incorrigible; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile murderer; permanent incorrigibility; irreparable corruption; irretrievable depravity; beyond rehabilitation; Miller(2020)
Brief for Amicus Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU of Mississippi, the American Conservative Union Foundation, the Rutherford Institute, the R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle in Support of Petitioner
Keywords permanently incorrigible; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole; incapable of rehabilitation; juvenile(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mississippi Office of the State Public Defender, and Mississippi Public Defenders Association in Support of Petitioner
Keywords permanent incorrigible; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; Miller; mitigating factor; disproportionate punishment; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Equal Justice Initiative in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Proposition 57; adolescents; capacity for change; peer pressure; developmental vulnerability; decision-making; transfers(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center et al. in Support of Defendant-appellee
Keywords emerging adults; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; brain development; developmental characteristics; adolescents; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2020)
Brief of Human Rights for Kids as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords child offenders; career criminal status;; irredeemable offenders; incapabile of rehabilitation; underdeveloped brain; sentencing enhancements; Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)(2020)