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Wittemen v. Florida
Keywords juvenile offender; Miller v. Alabama; Atwell v. State; State v. Michel; life sentence; parole eligibility; Eighth Amendment(2020)
G.T. v. Board of Education of Kanawha
Keywords Individualized Educational Plans; special education law; class-action lawsuit; educational rights of children; least restrictive environment; Individuals with disabilities; kids with disabilities(2020)
Commonwealth v. Bredhold
Keywords cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); death penalty; Kentucky Supreme Court; neuroscience; juvenile offender; youth tried as adults(2020)
35 faith leaders say blocking Safehouse's overdose-prevention site violates their religious freedom. Their faiths command them to preserve life and show compassion to those in need.
(2020)
Brief of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the Association of Cannabis Specialists, the Drug Policy Alliance, and the Americans for Safe Access Foundation as Amici Curiae
Keywords medical marijuana; probation supervision; Pennsylvania law; Medical Marijuana Act; 52nd Judicial District; patient rights; medical treatment; policy conflict; Department of Health(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trial tax; youth; diminished culpability; decision-making; impaired capacity; peer pressure; Sixth Amendment (U.S.); plea bargains(2020)
Brief of the National Association for Public Defense, the Children’s Law Center, Inc., and the Institute for Compassion in Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment; emerging adult; execution; Equal Protection Clause; death sentence; developmental status; disproportionate sentence; Fourteenth Amendment; young adult(2020)
Brief of Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionate sentences; Miller; LWOP; life without parole; transient immaturity(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mississippi Office of the State Public Defender, and Mississippi Public Defenders Association in Support of Petitioner
Keywords permanent incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity; LWOP; attendant characteristics of youth; capacity for change(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Petitioner-Appellee Luis Noel Cruz and Affirmance
Keywords neurodevelopmental growth; young adults; 18-year-olds; developmental characteristics; mandatory sentences; LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amici Curiae in Response to Report of the Special Master
Keywords adolescent brain development; bail; developmental immaturity; coerced guilty plea; pretrial detention; social-emotional regulation; developmental differences; developing brain; decision-making capacity(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae, Current and Former State Prosecutors, State Attorneys General, DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, and Former Corrections Directors—In Support of Plaintiffs
Keywords JLWOP; Miller; Montgomery; juvenile life without parole; Due Process protections; fair sentencing; individualized assessments; capacity for change; maturity(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Oregon Justice Resource Center and Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Keywords brain development; age 25; prefrontal cortex; cognition; developmental differences between juveniles and adults; brain imaging; neuroimaging; decision- making; immaturity; emotional control; impulse control; juvenile life imprisonment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Proposed Amicus Brief of the Sentencing Project in Support of William N. Palmer
Keywords mandatory life with the possibility of parole; lifetime imprisonment with the possibility of parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; indeterminate sentences; 17-year-old; kidnapping; Miller; Graham; LWOP(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner O.G.
Keywords adolescent development; juvenile transfers; brain science(2020)