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Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); incorrigibility; Miller; Montgomery; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; individualize hearings; LWOP; life without parole(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children’s Rights Advocates in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees
Keywords climate change; youth; emotional regulation; vulnerability; brain(2020)
Brief of Faith Leaders in Philadelphia and Beyond as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff Safehouse
Keywords Safehouse; Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA); overdose-prevention site; Controlled Substances Act (CSA); religious freedom; harm reduction(2020)
Amended Brief of AIDS United, et al, as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees Safehouse & Jose Benitez and Seeking Affirmance of Order Granting Final Declaratory Judgment
Keywords Safehouse; supervised consumption sites; overdose crisis; harm reduction; fentanyl; evidence-based intervention(2020)
Brief of the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University of Law joined by Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Keywords involuntary manslaughter; drug distribution; heroin addiction; accidental overdose; simple drug possession; joint venture; wanton or reckless conduct; opioid crisis; drug-induced homicide; naloxone(2019)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords mitigating qualities of youth; age; 21 year olds; recidivist statutes; 18-21 year olds; emerging adults; proportionate sentences(2019)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Washington Defender Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords hallmark features of youth; juvenile offenders; Miller; meaningful opportunity for release; maturity; rehabilitation; juvenile vulnerability; peer pressure; risk-taking; impulsivity; indeterminate sentences(2019)
Brief of Amici Curiae Justice for All Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords age; moral culpability; mitigating factor; juvenile execution; death penalty; premeditated; murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment(2019)
Memorandum of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petition for Review
Keywords presumption of mitigation; adult court; diminished culpability; transfers; children; youth; juvenile offenders; sentencing(2019)
Brief of Former WV Delegate John Ellem, Former HI Rep. Karen Awana, HI Rep. John Mizuno, NV Assemblyman John Hambrick, VT Rep. Barbara Rachelson, UT Rep. V. Lowry Snow, AR Sen. Missy Irvin, and AR Sen. Greg Leding as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords discretionary life without parole sentences; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mitigating factors of youth; Miller; Montgomery(2019)
Brief Amici Curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, Aziz Huq, Leah Litman, David Strauss, Carlos Vázquez, and Larry Yackle in Support of Respondent
Keywords transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; Teague; Miller; collateral review; substantive rules; LWOP; life without parole; attributes of youth; permanently incorrigible(2019)
Brief of Scholars of Criminal Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords beyond rehabilitation; incorrigibility; LWOP; life without parole; Miller; Montgomery; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionate sentences(2019)
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); 17-year-old; Miller; juvenile murderer; retroactive relief; resentencing; discretionary LWOP; Montgomery; discretionary life without parole sentences(2019)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords discretionary life sentences; life without parole; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; mandatory life without parole; state sovereignty; victims' rights; resentencing; retroactive relief(2019)
Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords proportionate sentences; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; life without parole; LWOP; culpability; blameworthiness(2019)