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Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing with Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc

Keywords Miller; individualized sentencing; life without parole; culpability; blameworthiness

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

Amended Merit Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael Dewine in Support of Appellee State of Ohio

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); discretionary sentence; LWOP; life without parole; discretionary life without parole; mandatory life without parole; Miller; youth; homicide; mitigating effects of youth

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., in Support of Petition to Transfer

Keywords transfers; felony murder; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; mandatory minimum sentences; adolescents; adolescent vulnerability to peer influence; decision-making; impulsivity; juveniles; sentencing discretion

The end of “permanently incorrigible”: Putting Jones v. Mississippi into context

Keywords Jones v. Mississippi; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile sentencing; developmental psychology; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility

A Second Chance at Success: Using “Second Look” Laws to Modify Sentences of Juvenile Offenders

Keywords Second look sentencing; resentencing ; rehabilitation; juvenile offenders; federal model; court factors; legal counsel for indigent clients

In the wake of Miller and Montgomery: A national view of people sentenced to juvenile life without parole

Keywords Juvenile lifers; second chance policies; mass incarceration; resentencing; reentry; life-course criminology

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Legal Voice, and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Appellants

Keywords pregnant minor; equal protection; Parental Notification Law (PNL); abortion; equal protection; discrimination; adolescent

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner

Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; Graham; child; adolescent develoment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); watershed rules

Corrected Brief on Behalf of Petitioner

Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release

Brief on Behalf of Defendant-Appellant

Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release

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

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc

Keywords adolescent speech; teens; vulgar speech; brain circuitry; brain; puberty; emotion; emotional stressors; brain development; school; First Amendment (U.S.)

Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in Support of Appellee State of Ohio

Keywords amenability hearing; transfer; transfer to adult court; juvenile; due process; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); res judicata; rape; kidnapping; mandatory bindover; mandatory transfer of juveniles into adult court

Brief of Amici Curiae the Innocence Project, Inc. and the Ohio Innocence Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Chaz Bunch

Keywords eyewitness misidentification; wrongful conviction; Manson test; unreliable eyewitness; rape

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