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State v. Seats
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; Iowa state constitution; cruel and unusual punishment(2015)
State v. Riley
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile sentencing; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life withour parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; discretionary sentencing; rehabilitation(2015)
Casiano v. Comm’r of Corr.
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; retroactive application; juvenile sentencing; constitutional rights of juveniles(2015)
State v. Houston
Keywords LWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual punishment; rehabilitation potential of juveniles(2015)
Memorandum of Amici Curiae the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the Center for Indian Law & Policy on the Timing of a Post-Admission Judicial Hearing
Keywords involuntary commitment; minors; due process; confinement; psychiatric evaluation; foster children; involuntary psychiatric confinement; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); post-admission hearing(2015)
Amicus Curiae Brief of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and Juvenile Law Center
Keywords child pornography; adolescent; sexual identity; sexting; rehabilitation; rehabilitation; sex offender; minor; statutory interpretation; risk-taking behavior; immaturity; identity development; juvenile records(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Civitas ChildLaw Clinic, and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth in Support of Petitioner-Appellant James Walker
Keywords Miller; children; juveniles; life without parole; LWOP; youth; mitigating factor; individualized sentencing hearing; homicide; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; heightened capacity for rehabilitation(2015)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants Darien Vasquez and Brandon Valentin
Keywords Graham; youth-specific characteristics; geriatric release; meaningful opportunity for release; children; Miller; de facto life sentences; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); non-homicide crimes(2015)
Brief of the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Respondent
Keywords Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; LWOP; life without parole; individualized sentencing; demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation; retroactive application; collateral review; children; mitigating attributes of adolescence; juvenile sentencing; resentencing; homicide; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); impulsivity; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; adolescent development(2015)
Amicus Brief of the District Attorneys for the Second and Eighteenth Judicial Districts
Keywords collateral review; Miller; mandatory life without parole; watershed rule; retroactive application; resentencing; juvenile offenders(2015)
Juvenile Law Center, Children & Family Justice Center, et al.’s Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Respondent-Appellee
Keywords violent offender registration; culpability; adolescent development; Miller; rehabilitation; developmental differences; youthful offenders; equal protection; public registries; juvenile offenders; Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth in Support of Appellants
Keywords RICO; gang members; juvenile homicide; children; adolescent development; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; collateral review; resentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory life without parole; LWOP; Teague; watershed rule; juvenile life without parole; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; attributes of youth; brain; vulnerability to negative influences; peer pressure; immaturity(2015)
Juvenile Law Center Brief on Behalf of Petitioner Lucero
Keywords meaningful opportunity for release; Miller; Graham; children; juvenile offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life without parole; nonhomicide; lessened culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; developmental characteristics; diminished culpability; lessened blameworthiness(2015)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; retroactive application; resentencing; lessened culpability; mitigating factors; lessened blameworthiness; capacity for change; life without parole; LWOP; de facto life without parole; age; age-related characteristics; juvenile; finality; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescent development(2015)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant Eric Long in Support of Jurisdiction
Keywords mitigating factor; youth; JLWOP; Miller; intent to kill; homicide; immaturity; presumption of immaturity; complicity(2015)