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A Case Report about the Interrelation of Trauma, Emotional and Behavioral Response and Severe Alcohol Use Disorder
Keywords Alcohol Use Disorder; Race; Homosexuality; Mental Health(2021)
MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study
Keywords MDMA-Assisted Therapy (MDMA-AT); Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Randomized Controlled Trial(2021)
State v. Haag
Keywords murder; resentencing; retribution; youth mitigation; de facto life sentence(2021)
Bortz v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Keywords elder abuse; scams; fraud(2021)
United States v. Grant
Keywords juvenile offender; Miller v. Alabama; youth tried as adults; de facto life sentence; United States Court of Appeals(2021)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in Support of Appellee State of Ohio
Keywords amenability hearing; transfer; transfer to adult court; juvenile; due process; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); res judicata; rape; kidnapping; mandatory bindover; mandatory transfer of juveniles into adult court(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae the Innocence Project, Inc. and the Ohio Innocence Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Chaz Bunch
Keywords eyewitness misidentification; wrongful conviction; Manson test; unreliable eyewitness; rape(2021)
Amicus Brief of Crime Victim’s Representative Nelson Rivera
Keywords LWOP; murder; life without parole; victims' rights; resentencing; incorrigibility; retroactive relief(2021)
Brief of Roderick & Solange Macarthur Justice Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; "cruel or unusual punishment"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; Maryland Declaration of Rights; state constitutions(2021)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "cruel or unusual punishment"; Maryland Declaration of Rights; state constitutions(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Community Passageways, Choose 180, and Rooted Reentry et al.
Keywords racial bias; Miller; resentencing; retribution; incapacitation; deterrence; rehabilitation; disproportionate punishment; developmental immaturity; life sentence; youth of color(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Defendant-Appellee
Keywords developmental differences between children and adults; youthful offenders; brain development; class X; juvenile court jurisdiction(2021)
Addiction as a brain disease revised: Why it still matters, and the need for consilience
Keywords Addiction; brain disease; substance use disorder; neurobiology; decision making; compulsivity(2021)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et Al., Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords race; disproportionate sentences; juvenile LWOP; life without parole; developmental characteristics; Black juvenile offenders; racial impact of sentencing laws; racial hierarchy; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile life without parole; racial disparities; youth(2021)
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(2021)