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Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords age-related characteristics; LWOP; life without parole; youth; mitigating factor; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; de facto life; children; adoelscent development; neuroscience; brain; disproportionate sentences; capacity for change; long term-of-years sentences(2016)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Children’s Law Center, Inc., et al. on Behalf of Appellee Joshua Polk
Keywords Fourth Amendment (U.S.); exclusionary rule; law enforcement; illegal school searches; school-to-prison-pipeline(2016)
Brief 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 factors(2016)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior in Support of Petitioner
Keywords joint venture theory; Graham; culpability; blameworthiness; developmental attributes of youth; adolescent development; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; non-homicide(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Keywords developmental immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; sentencing; developmentally appropriate sentencing; first-degree murder(2016)
Brief of Amici Curiae Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts
Keywords transient immaturity; formerly incarcerated youth; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association in Support of Reversal
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; irreparable corruption; incorrigibility; irretrievably depraved; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; beyond rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2016)
Proposed Brief of National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Dr. Giselle Hass, Tahirih Justice Center, and National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Keywords adolescents; asylum; trauma; PTSD; brain development; executive functioning; immigration(2016)
Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee
Keywords protected class; Miller; Montgomery; capital sentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole(2016)
Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: a Longitudinal Study
Keywords Teenagers; Brain development; White matter; Impulsivity; Self-control; adolescence; development; impulsivity; longitudinal(2016)
Individual Differences in Frontolimbic Circuitry and Anxiety Emerge with Adolescent Changes in Endocannabinoid Signaling Across Species
Keywords Genetics; Adolescents; Anxiety; Brain development(2016)
Neurobiology of Addiction: a Neurocircuitry Analysis
Keywords Drug use; Decision making; Neuroscience(2016)
Peer Passenger Norms and Pressure: Experimental Effects on Simulated Driving Among Teenage Males
Keywords Risk taking; Teenagers; Driving; Peer influence; Teen Driver; Risky Driving; Behavior; Simulated Driving; Hazard Perception; Social Influences; Injunctive Norms(2016)
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Leaving and Returning to the Parental Home: the Role of Life Course Transitions, Socioeconomic Resources, and Family Connectivity
Keywords Teenagers; young adults; race; ethnicity; environment; correlation(2016)
Searching for Signatures of Brain Maturity: What Are We Searching For?
Keywords youth; adolescence; brain development; neuroscience; juvenile justice; neurodevelopment; development; maturity; brain imaging; adolescence; policy(2016)