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Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; felony murder; Miller; Graham; brain; individualized determination; adolescent development; meaningful opportunity for release; intent to kill(2013)
Amended Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juveniles; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; childhood deprivation; brain development; child development; de facto life sentence(2013)
Brief of Amicus Curiae, Herby J. Caillot in Support of Positions of Gregory Diatchenko and Marquise Brown
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; first degree murder; joint venture; mandatory sentences; capacity for change; impulsivity(2013)
Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Racial Justice at Harvard Law School et al.
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; juvenile homicide offense; disproportionate sentence(2013)
Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; child development; decision-making; long-term planning; emotional regulation; Graham; Miller; murder; penological justification; purpose of punishment; childhood deprivation; blameworthiness; developmental maturity; under age 18(2013)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lessened culpability; capacity for change; transient immaturity; impulsivity; risk-assessment; vulnerability to negative influences; unformed juvenile personality; juvenile minds; attributes of youth; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; adolescent development(2013)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Real Party in Interest Tyler B.
Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; consent to search; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); Fifth Amendment (U.S.); blood draw; susceptibility to coercion; interrogations; age; attributes of youth; Miranda; search and seizure(2013)
Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Medicine Terry A. Maroney, et al. as Amici Curiae
Keywords death penalty; cognitively impaired; ADHD; confession; Miranda; police interrogation; adolescent brain science; Miranda custody analysis; self-incrimination; involuntary confessions; false confessions(2013)
Functional Maturation of the Executive System During Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; fMRI; Working memory; Executive functioning; Teenagers(2013)
Impact of Socio-Emotional Context, Brain Development, and Pubertal Maturation on Adolescent Risk-Taking
Keywords Risk taking; Adolescence; Puberty; Decison-making; Socio-emotional influences(2013)
Impulsivity, Attention, Memory, and Decision-Making Among Adolescent Marijuana Users
Keywords Marijuana; Cannabis; Adolescence; Impulsivity; Memory; Attention(2013)
Neuroscience, Mental Privacy, and the Law
Keywords Ethics; Law; Neuroscience; Brain scans; Privacy; law and neuroscience; neurolaw; mental privacy; lie detection; memory detection; brain; EEG; fMRI(2013)
Perceived Discrimination, Ruminative Subtypes, and Risk for Depressive Symptoms in Emerging Adulthood
Keywords Racism; Discrimination; Depression; Adolescents; Perceived Discrimination; Rumination; Emerging Adulthood(2013)
The Effect of Male Teenage Passengers on Male Teenage Drivers: Findings from a Driving Simulator Study
Keywords Driving; Risk taking; Males; Peers; Social influence; Risky behavior; Adolescence; Male(2013)
The Teenage Brain: Peer Influences on Adolescent Decision Making
Keywords Brain development; Peer influence; decision making; self-regulation; risk taking; neurodevelopment(2013)