Commonwealth v. Olds
Keywords LWOP; second-degree murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; potential for rehabilitation of youth; Miller v. Alabama; retroactive application of new lawBrief Amicus Curiae of Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Constitutional Law in Support of Petitioner
Keywords special care; voluntariness analysis; vulnerable persons; psychological coercion; intellectual impairment; juvenile confessions; suggestibility; confession reliabilityApplication for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief and Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae ACLU, ACLU of Northern California, et al., in Support of Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords youthful offender; race; mass incarceration; racial disparity; overincarceration; super predator myth; black youth; people of color; excessive sentences; death sentence; LWOP; felony murder; de facto life sentence; parole eligibility; strict scrutiny; Equal Protection; suspect classification; first degree murderAmicus Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services
Keywords youth of color; unsealed juvenile records; record sealing; rehabilitation; reintegration into society; Ishikawa factors; racial disparitiesAmicus Curiae Brief of Alaska Family Action
Keywords minors; abortions; Parental Notification Law (PNL); parental involvement laws; sexual exploitation; developmental differences; immaturity; psychological risksBrief of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
Keywords LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment; deterrence; rehabilitation; retroactive application; felony murder; under age 18; aiding and abetting; vulnerabilities of youth; decision-making; future orientation; long-term planning; decision-making; disproportionate sentences; intent to killAmended Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Petitioners
Keywords nonhomicide offenses; de facto life sentence; meaningful opportunity for release; intent to kill; juveniles; Miller; GrahamBrief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; murder; Graham; intent to kill; felony murder; juvenile culpability; juvenile blameworthinessBrief of FSU Public Interest Law Center, Juvenile Law Center, ACLU of Florida, CFFSY, The Center on Children and Families at UF, Children and Youth Law Clinic at UM, FACDL, FCF, FJRRP at FIU, et. al., as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile offenders; Graham; Henry; Gridine; Miller; Roper; early release; adolescent development; recidivism; lengthy term-of-years sentences; meaningful opportunity; maturity; rehabilitation; capacity for changeBrief of Amicus Curiae Children’s Law Center, Inc., et al. in Support of Appellant Matthew Aalim
Keywords deterrence; mandatory bindover; juvenile; youth; mandatory transfers; automatic transfers to adult court; risk of recidivism; adolescent developmentBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and National Juvenile Defender Center on Behalf of Appellant Matthew Aalim
Keywords automatic transfers to adult court; transfers; due process; mandatory bindover; individualized determinations; minors; risk of recidivism; unique characteristics of youth; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); juveniles; Kent v. United StatesBrief of Current and Former Prosecutors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mental states; police interrogation techniques; juvenile confessions; juvenile false confessions; suggestibility; age; minor; Reid Technique; self-gratification; perception of time; adolescents; mental disabilityBrief of The Innocence Network as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords false confessions; juvenile confessions; mental disability; police interrogation; minors; police coercion; special caution; special careBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc., and Professor Brandon Garrett in Support of Appellee and Affirmance
Keywords police pressure; police interrogations; police training; disabilities; youth; false confessions; social science research; vulnerability to false confessions; coercion; juvenile; child false confessionBrief for Amici Curiae Citizens for Juvenile Justice, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice et al., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords meaningful opportunity; mandatory life sentences; LWOP; individualized sentencing; juvenile offenders; rehabilitation; diminished culpability; heightened rehabilitative capacity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; maturity; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; vulnerability to external influence; peer pressure; parole board