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Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Petitioner

Keywords permanent incorrigibility; proportionate sentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity

Brief for Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party

Keywords permanent incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; Miller; Montgomery; murder; juvenile homicide offenders; characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)

Brief for Amicus Curiae Madge Jones, Tony Jones, Marty Jones, and Nicolle Olson in Support of Petitioner

Keywords incorrigible; transient immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole

Brief for Amicus Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU of Mississippi, the American Conservative Union Foundation, the Rutherford Institute, the R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle in Support of Petitioner

Keywords permanently incorrigible; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole; incapable of rehabilitation; juvenile

Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); irreparable corruption; transient immaturity; Miller

Brief of Scholars of Criminal Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords beyond rehabilitation; incorrigibility; LWOP; life without parole; Miller; Montgomery; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionate sentences

Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); incorrigibility; Miller; Montgomery; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; individualize hearings; LWOP; life without parole

Amicus Curiae with Brief in Support of Poole Appeal

Keywords Miller; culpability; youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; murder; life without parole; mandatory LWOP; juveniles ; attendant characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; life imprisonment; resentencing; children

Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords transient immaturity; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); late adolescents; ages 18-21; Miller

Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of John Antonio Poole

Keywords prefrontal cortex; immaturity; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); chronological age; mitigating factors of youth; late adolescents; brain development; impulse control; self-regulation; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; vulnerability to peer pressure

Brief of Amici Curiae Charles Selby in Support of Defendant-appellant John Poole

Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; emerging adult; 18-year-old; brain development; adolescent development; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); diminished cognitive capacity; peer pressure; risky behavior; age of majority; Miller factors; de facto life sentence; underdeveloped character

Brief of Amicus Curiae Robert Earl Hawkins in Support of John Antonio Poole

Keywords prefrontal cortex; LWOP; Miller; Montgomery; hallmark features of youth; neurobiological research; lesser blameworthiness; ages 18-25; young adult; emerging adults; impulsivity; murder

Brief of Amici Curiae Neuroscientists, Psychologists, and Criminal Justice Scholars in Support of Defendant-appellant Mr. Poole

Keywords brain development; brain imaging; brain plasticity; brain capability to change and adapt; late adolescents; LWOP; retribution; incapacitation; mitigating factor; trauma; chronic stress; personality development; penological justification; purpose and justification for punishment; MRI; structural changes in the brain; grey matter; white matter; prefrontal cortex

Brief for Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center as Amicus Curiae Supporting Defendant-appellant

Keywords young adults; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory LWOP; 18-year-old

Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords retroactive relief; young adult; Miller; Montgomery; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole

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