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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’s Rights Advocates in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees
Keywords climate change; youth; emotional regulation; vulnerability; brain(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)
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 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 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 in Support of Petitioner O.G.
Keywords adolescent development; juvenile transfers; brain science(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 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)
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 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 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 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 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 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)