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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

Brief of the Sentencing Project as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Keywords juveniles; life without parole; Eighth Amendment; culpability; mandatory sentencing; individualized consideration; rehabilitation; maturity; negative influences; death penalty

Brief Amici Curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers in Support of Respondent

Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; crime victims; juvenile crime; deterrence

Brief for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Keywords attorney-client relationship; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; characteristics of youth; immaturity; decision-making; peer pressure; plea bargains

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