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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

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Juvenile Sentencing Project at Quinnipiac University School of Law, and Deborah Labelle in Support of Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords cognitive characteristics; impulsivity; greater capacity for change; peer pressure; mandatory LWOP; lesser culpability; lesser blameworthiness; neurodevelopmental growth; Miller; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionate sentences; excessive punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); age of adulthood; age 18; youth above age 18; peer pressure; vulnerability to peer pressure; young adults

Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee

Keywords protected class; Miller; Montgomery; capital sentencing; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole

Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association in Support of Reversal

Keywords Miller; Montgomery; irreparable corruption; incorrigibility; irretrievably depraved; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; beyond rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)

Brief of Amici Curiae Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project on Behalf of Qu’eed Batts

Keywords transient immaturity; formerly incarcerated youth; Miller; Montgomery; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development

Brief for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Keywords developmental immaturity; Miller; Montgomery; sentencing; developmentally appropriate sentencing; first-degree murder

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. on Behalf of Qu'eed Batts

Keywords capacity for rehabilitation; LWOP; adolescent development; reduced culpability; incomptencies; peer pressure; homicide; duress; presumption of immaturity; age

Supplemental Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Keywords LWOP; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; first-degree murder

Brief of Northwestern University School of Law’s Children and Family Justice Center and Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; hallmark characteristics of youth; impulsivity; immaturity; susceptibility to peer pressure; transient immaturity

Brief of the Equal Justice Initiative on Behalf of Dozens Sentenced to Die in Prison When They Were Children as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; JLWOP; Miller; retroactive relief

Brief of Amici Curiae Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Burk Foster, John Whitley, and the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights in Support of Petitioner

Keywords JLWOP; homicide; juvenile capacity for rehabilitation; unique characteristics of juveniles

Brief of Amicus Curiae American Bar Association in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; JLWOP; juvenile offenders

Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana, in Support of Petitioner

Keywords capacity for change; diminished culpability; Teague; Miller; retroactive relief; disproportionate sentences; individualized sentencing; fundamentally fair sentencing; JLWOP

Brief of Amici Curiae of Certain Family Members of Victims Killed by Youths in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Miller; JLWOP; retroactive relief; victims; child offender; permanent retribution; murder

Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; JLWOP; Teague; juvenile life without parole

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