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Brief of Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees
Keywords public nuisance; equitable remedies; product sales; opioid epidemic; regulatory efforts; tort principles(2023)
Brief of the Nat’l Ass’n of Counties, the Cnty. Executives of Am., the Nat’l League of Cities, the U.S. Conf. of Mayors, and the Int’l Mun. Lawyers Ass’n as Amici Curiae Supporting Appellees Urging Affirmance
Keywords Opioid crisis; drug overdose deaths; opioids; pharmacies; prescription drugs; addiction; fentanyl; public health; pharmaceutical industry(2023)
Application 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 murder(2023)
Application to File Amici Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Brief of Amici Curiae for the Santa Clara County Independent Defense Counsel Office (“IDO”) in Support of Defendant and Petitioner Tony Hardin
Keywords adoelscent brain; brain development;; equal protection; racial disparities; behavior; socioeconomic disparities; diminished culpability; youth parole; youthful offender; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; youthful offender parole; first degree murder(2023)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and RISE for Youth
Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; Fifth Amendment (U.S.); law enforcement in schools; racial disparities; Black youth; confessions(2023)
Wisconsin Innocence Project Amicus Brief
Keywords age; police interrogations; Miranda custody analysis; confessions; developmental deficiencies; involuntary statements; maximization; minimization(2023)
Criminal reactions to drug-using offenders: A systematic review of the effect of treatment and/or punishment on reduction of drug use and/or criminal recidivism
Keywords recidivism; drugs; treatment; incarceration; offenders(2023)
Examining Sanction Type and Drug Offender Recidivism: A Register-Based Study in Finland
Keywords Drug offenders; Recidivism; Finland; Deterrence; Incarceration; Corrections(2023)
Assessing Post-Sentencing and Reoffense Outcomes: A Quantitative Study of a Drug Treatment Court In a Western Canadian City
Keywords Drug Treatment Court; substance use disorders; post-sentencing outcomes(2023)
Addiction and autonomy: Why emotional dysregulation in addiction impairs autonomy and why it matters
Keywords addiction; autonomy; value; self-control; emotional dysregulation; motivation; decision- making capacity; drug use; moral responsibility; philosophical debate(2023)
Retired Massachusetts Judges Brief et al. in Support of Appellants
Keywords late adolescence; late adolescents; Miller; Diatchenko; permanent incorrigibility; Miller hearings; inconsistent sentencing(2023)
Corrected Brief for the Committee for Public Counsel Services as Amicus Curiae in Support of Messrs. Mattis and Robinson
Keywords late adolescents; capacity to change; LWOP; Diatchenko; parole eligibility; rehabilitation; brain development(2023)
Brief of Amici Curiae Boston University Center for Anti Racist Research, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center on Race Inequality and the Law, and Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Affirmance
Keywords irreperable corruption; racial disparity; 18-20-year-olds; 18 to 20 year olds; post-Miller sentencing; discretionary LWOP; discretionary life without parole; late adolescents ; late adolescence; Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity(2023)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief of Prosecutors Alliance of California in Support of Neither Party
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; juvenile culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; youth offender parole; special circumstance murder; first degree murder; racial disparities(2023)
Combined Application to File an Amicus Curiae Brief and Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent, The People of the State of California
Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; equal protection; parole eligibility; young adult; first degree murder; special circumstances(2023)