Brief of Juvenile Law Center, National Juvenile Defender Center, Children and Family Justice Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords LWOP; children; youth; adolescence; capacity for rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); developmental status; diminished culpability; diminished responsibility; lesser blameworthinessBrief of Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; international law; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; murder; GrahamBrief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coersion; coercive nature of prayers; brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; social approval; adolescent vulnerability; developmental trajectories; dual system; brain imagingBrief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae In Support of Petitioner's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law Based on His Juvenile Status
Keywords enemy combat; child soldier; false confessions; interrogations; involuntary confessions; death penalty; disability; diminished capacityBrief in Support of the Resentencing of Petitioner Angel Alejandro on Behalf of Amici Curiae Robert M. Morgenthau, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Child Welfare League of America, and Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators et al.
Keywords diminished culpability; mitigating qualities of youth; Miller; LWOP; risk-taking; neuroscience; adolescent development; peer influence; environmental factors; adaptable teenage brain; impulsivityBrief 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; maturityAmicus Brief of Crime Victim’s Representative Nelson Rivera
Keywords LWOP; murder; life without parole; victims' rights; resentencing; incorrigibility; retroactive reliefBrief of Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; "cruel or unusual punishment"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; Maryland Declaration of Rights; state constitutionsBrief of Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "cruel or unusual punishment"; Maryland Declaration of Rights; state constitutionsAmici Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services and TeamChild
Keywords youth; juvenile record; racial disparity; record sealing; youth of color; transition to adulthoodBrief of Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Submitted by the Washington Defender Association, Black Prisoners Caucus, Columbia Legal Services, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation, and TeamChild et al.
Keywords brain development; neurological development; mitigating circumstances; youth; culpability; blameworthiness; intellectual disability; individual circumstancesBrief of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disproportionate sentences; juvenile offenders; sentencing; youthfulness; auto-decline statute; mandatory sentencing; sentence enhancements; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lesser blameworthiness; diminished culpabilityBrief for the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the Phillips Black Project as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller factors; Miller; juvenile sentencing; parole; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; individualized consideration of youth; mitigation; mitigating factorsBrief 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 paroleBrief 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