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United States v. Veasley
Keywords 2024 federal case; Second Amendment; gun possession; drug users; marijuana; Veasley; constitutional law; court ruling; gun control; Second Amendment rights(2024)
State v. Kurtz
Keywords Kurtz; South Dakota Supreme Court; drug possession; drug treatment; probation violation; probation law; vacated sentence; public safety; prison sentence; court case(2024)
State v. Watson
Keywords Maine; sentencing; probation; prison; public endangerment; Watson; rehab; Supreme Court; vacated sentence; substance use(2024)
United States v. Centariczki
Keywords First Circuit; supervised release; 18-month sentence; upward variance; cocaine use; domestic violence; repeated violations; Centariczki; federal case; treatment opportunities(2024)
United States v. Dunn
Keywords Federal case; 2024 sentnecing; Dunn case; 12-month sentence; prison sentence; PTSD; trauma; cocaine addiction; alcohol use; treatment progress(2024)
HN v. RH
Keywords Kentucky; Casey's Law; involuntary treatment; Court of Appeals; 2024; physician report; commitment order; invalid; 360-day order; certification(2024)
Criteria and Procedures for Meaningful Parole Review for People Sentenced as Youth
Keywords Juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment jurisprudence; parole hearings; youth as a mitigating factor; post-crime maturity; rehabilitation(2024)
The second look movement: A review of the nation's sentence review laws
Keywords Mass incarceration; life sentences; mandatory minimums; deterrent effect on crime; ineffective parole system; judicial review; sentencing reconsideration; second look movement; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP(2024)
"Children Are Different" and Their Lawyers Should Be Too
Keywords In re Gault; right to counsel; ineffective counsel; reforms to right to counsel(2024)
Amending New Jersey’s Expungement Law to Reflect the Historical Treatment of Juveniles: Juveniles Deserve a Second Chance
Keywords juvenile record; rehabilitation; collateral consequences; discretionary juvenile record expunction(2024)
Adolescents Engage in More Risky Decision Making
Keywords neuroscience; adolescence; neurobiological maturity; self-control; social influence(2024)
Large‐scale investigation of white matter structural differences in bilingual and monolingual children: An adolescent brain cognitive development data study
Keywords bilingualism; brain development; language network; white matter(2024)
Differential item functioning in reports of delinquent behavior between Black and White youth: Evidence of measurement bias in self-reports of arrest in the adolescent brain cognitive development study
Keywords Differential Item Functioning; measurement bias; delinquency; racial group differences; adolescent brain cognitive development study(2024)
Prefrontal cortex structural and developmental associations with callous-unemotional traits and aggression
Keywords Callous-unemotional (CU) traits; aggression; antisocial behavior; prefrontal cortex; grey matter; neurodevelopment; cortical maturation(2024)
The Case for Second Chances: A Pathway to Decarceration in Maine
Keywords mass incarceration; decarceration; parole; clemency; Maine Criminal Code(2024)