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State v. Charles
Keywords juvenile offender; discretionary sentence; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality(2017)
State v. Smith
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; Graham v. Florida; non-homicide offense(2017)
State v. Roby
Keywords juvenile offender; mandatory minimum sentence; Iowa state constitution; cruel and unusual punishment; State v. Lyle(2017)
Commonwealth v. Batts
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2017)
State ex rel. Carr v. Wallace
Keywords juvenile sentencing; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; Eighth Amendment(2017)
Steilman v. Michael
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; de facto life sentence; Miller v. Alabama; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2017)
People v. Holman
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile sentencing; mitigating factors of youth; discretionary life sentence(2017)
State v. Zuber
Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; parole eligiblity; juvenile justice reform; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama(2017)
Garcia v. State
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile offender; murder; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama(2017)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Willbanks and Nathan
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life sentences; children; Miller; Graham; rehabilitation; juvenile brain; transient immaturity; disproportionate sentences; penological purpose(2017)
State of New Mexico's Answer Brief to Amicus Brief in Chief
Keywords adolescent development; brain; neuroscience; Graham; juvenile offenders; rehabilitation; science; meaningful opportunity; aggregated sentences; capacity for change; emotion; impulsivity; frontal lobe(2017)
Motion of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Columbia Legal Services, and Washington Defender Association for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent
Keywords de facto life without parole sentence; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; juvenile sentencing; Gunwall factors; Miller; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); heightened protection; categorical bar analysis(2017)
Amici Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services and TeamChild
Keywords youth; juvenile record; racial disparity; record sealing; youth of color; transition to adulthood(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Senator Angela Bryant, Senator Erica Smith-Ingram, Representative Kelly Alexander, Representative Larry Bell, Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield, and Representative Rosa Gill et al., in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords juvenile homicide; racial disparity; juvenile offender; characteristics of youth; adolescent brain; immaturity; risky behavior; impulsivity; Miller; unconstitutionally vague statute(2017)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Juvenile Sentencing Project in Support of Defendant-Appellee Harry Sharod James
Keywords Miller; discretionary life without parole sentences; discretionary LWOP sentences; hallmark features of youth; mitigating factor; Montgomery; peer pressure; developmentally inappropriate sentence; disproportionate sentence; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2017)