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Brief of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and the Criminal Justice Institute as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
Keywords
retroactive relief;
post-Miller;
JLWOP;
transient immaturity;
diminished culpability;
capacity for change;
incorrigibility;
excessive punishment;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
national standards of decency
Brief Amicus Curiae of Becky Wilson and the National Association of Victims of Juvenile Murderers in Support of Respondent
Keywords
retraumatization;
trauma;
neuroscience;
victims of juvenile murders;
retroactive relief;
Miller
Brief of the National District Attorneys Association and Other Prosecutors’ Associations as Amici Curiae in Support of Louisiana
Keywords
retroactive relief;
Miller;
JLWOP;
post-conviction Miller hearings;
victims
Brief of Amici Curiae State of Michigan and 15 Other States in Support of Respondent
Keywords
retroactive relief;
Miller;
Eighth Amendment;
JWLOP;
juvenile life without parole;
resentencing
Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords
youth;
false confessions;
youthful suspects;
interrogations
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords
age;
Miranda custody analysis;
developmental differences;
peer pressure;
immaturity;
children
Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union in Support of Petitioner
Keywords
Miranda custody analysis;
age;
police officers;
Miranda warning;
custodial interrogation;
involuntary confessions;
school;
students;
free agents;
police presence in schools
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords
age and experience;
totality of circumstances;
Miranda custody analysis;
custody;
interrogation;
objective fact;
involuntary confessions;
reasonable person
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords
Miranda;
custody;
objective test;
reasonable person;
psychological vulnerabilities;
age;
due process;
voluntariness;
clarity;
interrogation
Brief of Indiana, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords
age;
custodial interrogation;
Miranda;
perception of custody;
maturity;
confessions;
voluntary confessions;
juvenile special protections
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords
juvenile LWOP;
juvenile life without parole;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
proportionality analysis;
felony murder;
decision-making;
adolescent vulnerability;
peer pressure;
reduced culpability;
cruel and unusual punishment;
adolescent development;
characteristics of youth;
developmental differences
Brief for the National District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
cruel and unusual punishment;
LWOP;
juvenile life without parole;
disproportionate sentences;
excessive sentences
Brief for the States of Louisiana, et Al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords
JLWOP;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
sentencing landscape;
transfers;
violent juvenile crime;
gross proportionality;
state juvenile sentencing practices;
Roper
Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondents
Keywords
immature brain hypothesis;
developmental psychology;
age;
adolescents;
Roper
Brief Amicus Curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Support of Respondents
Keywords
fMRI;
Eighth Amendment (U.S.);
cruel and unusual;
scientific evidence;
juvenile brain development;
brain imaging
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