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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)
Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Respondent
Keywords irreparable corruption; disproportionate sentence; transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; LWOP; life without parole; mandatory sentencing; Miller; Montgomery(2019)
Brief of Amici Curiae the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, and the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission in Support of Respondent
Keywords diminished culpability; Miller; discretionary sentencing; retroactive relief; resentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; capacity for rehabilitation; transient immaturity(2019)
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords transient immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; rule of law; LWOP; life without parole; irreparable corruption; beyond rehabilitation(2019)
Brief of Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; retroactive relief; resentencing; juvenile murderers; mandatory LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2019)