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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)
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. in Support of the Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Keywords Miller; juvenile sentencing; Sixth Amendment (U.S.); irreparable corruption; incapable of rehabilitation; categorical protection; mitigating factor(2018)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Raymond Williams
Keywords Graham; Miller; juvenile; mitigating qualities of youth; JLWOP; culpability; judicial discretion; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mandatory sentencing; juvenile life without parole(2018)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords meaningful opportunity for release; juvenile offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; juvenile sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; life without parole; de facto life without parole; resentencing; homicide(2018)
Brief of Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. in Support of Petitioner
Keywords post-Miller resentencing hearing; Miller; murder; life without parole; LWOP; 17-year-old; race; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Montgomery; permanent incorrigibility; beyond rehabilitation; racially discriminatory sentence(2018)