Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. on Behalf of Appellant Rodrigo Caballero
Keywords adolescent brain development; developmental differences; disability; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Graham; non-homicide; mandatory sentences; penological purpose; unjustified goals of punishment; international laws; SchizophreniaBrief of NAACP et al. in Support of Petitioners
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); culpability evaluation; race; juvenile; youth; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; African American; Latino; "wilding"; superpredatorsBrief of Amici Curiae for the Eastern District Attorney
Keywords murder; emerging adults; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; disproportionate; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); 18-year-olds; young adults; brain development; neuronal immaturity; Diatchenko; MillerCorrected 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 developmentRetired Massachusetts Judges Brief et al. in Support of Appellants
Keywords late adolescence; late adolescents; Miller; Diatchenko; permanent incorrigibility; Miller hearings; inconsistent sentencingBrief 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 immaturityBrief of Neuroscientists, Psychologists, and Criminal Justice Scholars in Support of Defendant-appellant Sheldon Mattis
Keywords late adolescents; brain imaging; hierarchical development; brain plasticity; neuroplasticity; brain development; immaturity; LWOP; emotional arousal; disproportionate sentencing; deterrence; retribution; penological justificationBrief of the Sentencing Project et al. in Support of Appellant Sheldon Mattis
Keywords emerging adult; life without parole; brain development; disproportionate sentences; late adolescents; developmental characteristics of youth; age of maturityBrief of Amicus Curiae Professor Vincent Schiraldi, Columbia University School of Social Work, in Support of William M. Palmer II
Keywords adolescent decision-making; impulsivity; risky behavior; adolescent brain; reduced criminal culpability; reduced criminal blameworthiness; neurological factors; environment; behavioral factors; irrational behavior; unique developmental characteristics of the adolescent brainBrief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords mandatory LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Graham v. Florida; Roper v. Simmons; qualities of adolescence Brief of Amicus Curiae Julie A. Gallagher, Psy.D ABPP in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords unformed juvenile character; transitory immaturity; peer pressure susceptibility to negative influences; imbalanced brain maturation; self-regulation; risk-taking; decision-making; sensitivity to rewards; impulse control; neurotransmitters; dopamine; sensation seeking; adolescent developmentBrief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant
Keywords cognitive capacity; teenage brain; developmentally distinct; children; adolescents; decision-making; developing brain; youth; interrogation; police questioning; sentenced as an adult; psychological research; neurological research; adolescent development; risky behavior; emotionally dependent; prefrontal cortex; frontal lobe; young adult; confessions; involuntary confessionsBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center; the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; the Sentencing Project; and the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords sex offender registration of children; trauma; age; developmental differences; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; cognitive neuroscience; developmental functioning; prefrontal cortex; adolescent brain development; long-term planning; decision-making; risk assessment; psychosocial immaturity; SORNBrief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; de facto life sentences; developmental differences; individualized sentencing; diminished culpability; age; vulnerability to peer pressure; characteristics of youthBrief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Juvenile Sentencing Project, and American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
Keywords meaningful opportunity to obtain release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; childhood offenses; post-crime maturity and rehabilitation; reduced blameworthiness ; diminished culpability; decision-making; risky behavior