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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(2021)
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(2021)
Brief of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, and 38 Other Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Tinker; off-campus speech; students of color; racial disparities; marginalized groups; school discipline; protected speech; off-campus student speech; adolescent brain; developmental differences; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); police interrogation; peer influence(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Professional Organizations, Practitioners, and Academics in the Fields of Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and Other Related Fields in Support of Petitioner
Keywords risk-taking; impulsivity; future dangerousness under 21; transient characteristics of youth; impermanent characteristics of youth; emerging adult; brain development; adolescents(2021)
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(2021)
Brief of the Due Process Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords emerging adult; Miller; LWOP; life without parole; extension of Miller; 18-20 year olds; young adult(2021)
Brief of Amici Curiae Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, et al. in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance
Keywords firearms; young adult; brain maturation; Second Amendment; brain development; impulse control; age-based regulations; gun violence; public safety; age twenty-one(2021)
Brief of Advocates for Child Victims of Domestic Violence as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; trauma; mitigating evidence; moral culpability; childhood abuse; mental health; ACEs(2021)
Brief of Eight Million Stories and Lone Star Justice Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords childhood poverty; race; mitigating evidence; school-to-prison pipeline; habeas corpus; Black youth(2021)
Amicus Curiae Brief for Children’s Defense Fund, et al., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigating evidence; youthful offender; antipsychotics; childhood trauma; mental health; solitary confinement; youth-centered expert testimony; antipsychotic medication(2021)
Brief of National Alliance on Mental Illness and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Keywords adverse childhood experiences; mental illness; mitigating evidence; childhood abuse; trauma; childhood trauma(2021)
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(2021)
Heroin addiction hijacks the Nucleus Accumbens: Craving and reactivity to naturalistic stimuli
(2021)
The impact of Substance Use Disorder on COVID-19 outcomes
(2021)
The molecular neurobiology and neuropathology of opioid use disorder
Keywords Heroin; Oxycodone; Fentanyl; Methadone; Neuroimaging; Postmorten(2021)