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Brief for Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
Keywords permanent incorrigibility; incapable of rehabilitation; Miller; Montgomery; murder; juvenile homicide offenders; characteristics of youth; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Petitioner
Keywords permanent incorrigibility; proportionate sentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; Montgomery; transient immaturity(2020)
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords permanently incorrigible; incapable of rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; homicide; transient immaturity; youth as mitigating circumstances; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole(2020)
Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondent
Keywords permanently incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); LWOP; life without parole; Miller; Due Process Clause (U.S.)(2020)
Brief of Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; discretionary life without parole sentencing; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile sentencing; youth and its attendant circumstances; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole sentences; beyond rehabilitation; permanently incorrigible; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2020)
Brief Amici Curiae of the National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers and Arizona Voice for Crime Victims, Inc. in Support of Respondent
Keywords permanent incorrigibility; life without parole; LWOP; victims; possibility of parole(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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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 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)