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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)
Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Montgomery; murder; 17-year-old; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); discretionary sentencing hearing; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole sentence(2019)
Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission: Brief of Amicus Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in Support of Petitioner
Keywords equitable relief; civil penalties; Securities Exchange Act of 1934(2019)
Brief Amici Curiae of Concerned Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Neuropsychologists in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Keywords brain development; brain science; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Roper; young adult; late adolescent; ages 18 to 24(2018)
Brief of Mass. Med. Soc’y et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
(2018)
Brief of Amici Curiae of 11 Addiction Experts in Support of Appellee
Keywords brain disease model; addiction; neurobiological correlates; behavioral manifestations; contingencies; choice; criminal justice; treatment approaches; scientific premises; criminal responsibility(2018)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., The Center for Public Representation, and Prisoners' Legal Services in Support of the Petitioner
Keywords Substance use disorder; probation; relapse; drug-free condition; incarceration; judiciary; legal precedent; revocation of probation; War on Drugs; addiction treatment(2018)
Brief for the Massachusetts Medical Society as Amicus Curiae, joined by AAAP, Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Grayken Center at BMC, MOAR, Mass. Society for Addiction Medicine, Northeastern Law’s Health Policy Center, and 28 others.
Keywords SUD; Addiction; Relapse; Brain Disease Model of Addiction; Chronic Neurological Disorder; SUD Treatment; Punitive Approach; Incarceration; DSM-5; Public Health(2018)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Constitutional Law in Support of Petitioner
Keywords special care; voluntariness analysis; vulnerable persons; psychological coercion; intellectual impairment; juvenile confessions; suggestibility; confession reliability(2018)
Brief of Current and Former Prosecutors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mental states; police interrogation techniques; juvenile confessions; juvenile false confessions; suggestibility; age; minor; Reid Technique; self-gratification; perception of time; adolescents; mental disability(2018)
Brief of The Innocence Network as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords false confessions; juvenile confessions; mental disability; police interrogation; minors; police coercion; special caution; special care(2018)
Brief of National Association for Public Defense and Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellee
Keywords youth aged 18-20; death penalty; capital punishment; cruel and unusual punishment(2018)