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Banks v. People
Keywords LWOP; juvenile sentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; juvenile offenders; retroactive application
Commonwealth v. Brown
Keywords LWOP; juvenile justice; felony murder rule; accomplice liability; Miller v. Alabama; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; juvenile offenders; Miranda rights
Falcon v. State
Keywords retroactive application of Miller; Miller v. Alabama; LWOP; mandatory life sentence; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Henry v. State
Keywords juvenile LWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Graham v. Florida; meaningful opportunity for release; juvenile resentencing
Baines v. Pennsylvania
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Pennsylvania Superior Court ; post-conviction relief; suppression of evidence; search and seizure; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); Eighth Amendment (U.S.)
Commonwealth v. Brooker
Keywords Pennsylvania Superior Court; mandatory LWOP as unconstitutional; juvenile LWOP; first/second degree murder; mandatory minimum sentences
Commonwealth v. Cunningham
Keywords juvenile LWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; retroactive application of Miller; Miller v. Alabama; mandatory minimum sentencing; Pennsylvania Supreme Court ; individualised sentencing
People v. Caballero
Keywords juvenile offender; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); rehabilitation for juveniles ; juvenile sentencing; LWOP
Diatchenko v. District Attorney for Suffolk District
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile justice; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; sentencing discretion; juvenile homicide; rehabilitation for juveniles
Graham v. Florida
Keywords Juvenile offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); LWOP; Cruel and unusual punishment; Rehabilitation of juveniles
In re Monschke
Keywords mandatory LWOP; juvenile justice; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Washington State Supreme Court; judicial discretion in sentencing; brain development in young offenders; adolescent brain development; neuroscience
Burrage v. United States
Keywords sentencing enhancements; drug sentencing; contributing factor; drug death; sentencing guidelines
Sherman v. United States
Keywords Entrapment; government inducement; drug addiction; coercion
Conant v. Walters
Keywords Medical marijuana; physicians; patient rights; medical recommendations; federal interference; cannabis
United States v. Russell
Keywords methamphetamine production; DEA; conviction; supply