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Brief of Amici Curiae Former Judges, Current and Former Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officers, Juvenile Justice Officials, Correctional Officers, and Probation Officers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords trauma; mental health; children; child detainees; trauma-informed care; adolescent brain development(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)
Brain networks underlying vulnerability and resilience to drug addiction
Keywords functional connectivity; cocaine; vulnerability; resilience; fMRI; addiction; resilience; brain connectivity; striatal subsystems; dopamine signaling; familial risk; stimulant drugs; habit formation; goal-directed behavior; compulsive behavior(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center et al. in Support of Defendant-appellee
Keywords brain; brain plasticity; behavior regulation; emerging adults; dopamine; mandatory LWOP; developmental characteristics; Roper; impulsivity; cold cognition; decision-making; hot cognition; risky behavior(2020)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; de facto life sentences; developmental differences; individualized sentencing; diminished culpability; age; vulnerability to peer pressure; characteristics of youth(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Julie A. Gallagher, Psy.D ABPP in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker
Keywords unformed juvenile character; transitory immaturity; peer pressure susceptibility to negative influences; imbalanced brain maturation; self-regulation; risk-taking; decision-making; sensitivity to rewards; impulse control; neurotransmitters; dopamine; sensation seeking; adolescent development(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Amicus Populi in Support of Respondent
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); permanently incorrigible; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile murderer; permanent incorrigibility; irreparable corruption; irretrievable depravity; beyond rehabilitation; Miller(2020)
Brief for Amicus Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU of Mississippi, the American Conservative Union Foundation, the Rutherford Institute, the R Street Institute, and Larry W. Yackle in Support of Petitioner
Keywords permanently incorrigible; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole; incapable of rehabilitation; juvenile(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 incorrigible; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; Miller; mitigating factor; disproportionate punishment; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Equal Justice Initiative in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Proposition 57; adolescents; capacity for change; peer pressure; developmental vulnerability; decision-making; transfers(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center et al. in Support of Defendant-appellee
Keywords emerging adults; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; brain development; developmental characteristics; adolescents; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2020)
Brief of Human Rights for Kids as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords child offenders; career criminal status;; irredeemable offenders; incapabile of rehabilitation; underdeveloped brain; sentencing enhancements; Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)(2020)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller; permanent incorrigibility; Eighth Amendment; racial bias; juvenile offender; LWOP(2020)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Vincent Schiraldi, Columbia University School of Social Work, in Support of William M. Palmer II
Keywords adolescent decision-making; impulsivity; risky behavior; adolescent brain; reduced criminal culpability; reduced criminal blameworthiness; neurological factors; environment; behavioral factors; irrational behavior; unique developmental characteristics of the adolescent brain(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, et al. in Support of Respondent Lee Boyd Malvo
Keywords attendant characteristics of youth; developmentally appropriate; Miller; Montgomery; LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; retroactive relief; resentencing; mandatory sentencing; discretionary sentencing(2020)