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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)
Brief of Amici Curiae Stephen J. Ziegler, Lynn R. Webster, Michael A. Barnes, & the Center for U.S. Policy in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Physician prosecution; Medical error; Criminal intent; Opioid crisis; Untreated pain; Controlled Substances Act; Mens rea; Standard of care; Good faith defense; Physician liability(2021)
Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder
Keywords Cannabis use disorder; cannabis dependence; THC; CBD; treatment; prevention; epidemiology; legalization; addiction; withdrawal(2021)
Psychedelics and Other Psychoplastogens for Treating Mental Illness
Keywords Psychedelics; psychoplastogens; depression; mental illness; neuroplasticity; ketamine; psilocybin; antidepressants; BDNF; PFC(2021)
Relationships between age at first substance use and persistence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder
Keywords Cannabis use disorder; cannabis use; Ireland; age of first use; substance use; tobacco use; alcohol use; CUD; adolescent cannabis use; drug policy(2021)