Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Forty Other Organizations in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juvenile justice fines; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); excessive fines; racial disparity; economic disparity; increased recidivism; increased likelihood of reoffending; youth vulnerabilityBrief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigation; transfers; diminished culpability; children; Houston-Sconiers; Ramos; presumption of mitigation; adult courtMemorandum of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petition for Review
Keywords presumption of mitigation; adult court; diminished culpability; transfers; children; youth; juvenile offenders; sentencingBrief of Amici Curiae Former Judges, Current and Former Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officers, Juvenile Justice Officials, Correctional Officers, and Probation Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trauma; mental health; children; child detainees; trauma-informed care; adolescent brain developmentBrief of Amici Curiae Judges, Current and Former Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officers, Juvenile Justice Officials, Correctional Officers, and Probation Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); brain development; non-homicide; Graham; aggregate sentence; term of years; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; immaturityAmicus Brief of Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and Youth Law Center on Behalf of Appellant Luis Angel Gutierrez
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescent behavior; biology; legal culpability; legal blameworthiness; substance abuse; hallmarks of adolescence; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; life without parole; mitigation characteristicsBrief of King County Department of Public Defense
Keywords adolescents; emerging adulthood; sex offender registration and notification; SORN; 18-year-old; suicide; sexual recidivism; race; Black youthBrief of Pacific Juvenile Defender Center et al. on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords developmental differences; due process; rehabilitation; Three Strikes Law; fitness hearing; risk-takingWisconsin Innocence Project Amicus Brief
Keywords age; police interrogations; Miranda custody analysis; confessions; developmental deficiencies; involuntary statements; maximization; minimizationBrief of Amici Curiae, Current and Former State Prosecutors, State Attorneys General, DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, and Former Corrections Directors—In Support of Plaintiffs
Keywords JLWOP; Miller; Montgomery; juvenile life without parole; Due Process protections; fair sentencing; individualized assessments; capacity for change; maturityBrief of Amici Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Graham v. Florida; juvenile nonhomicide offenders; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; moral culpability; maturity; rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment; aggregate term-of-years sentences; MissouriAmicus 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 18Brief of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Neither Party
Keywords adolescent behavior; immaturity; adolescent brain; risk impulsivity; control; regional brain activity; executive control; functional immaturity; structural immaturityAmicus Brief by the Promise of Justice Initiative
Keywords death penalty; execution; 21-year-old; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); brain development; delayed brain development; objective indicators; RoperMotion of Juvenile Law Center et al. for Leave to File an Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certorari
Keywords Miranda warnings; age; Fifth Amendment (U.S.) protections; custody determinations; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; questioning minors without an adult; coerced confessions; forced confessions; false confessions