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Memorandum of Amicus Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality in Support of Petition for Review
Keywords presumption of mitigation; adult court; diminished culpability; transfers; children; youth; juvenile offenders; sentencing(2019)
Brief of Amici Curiae Justice for All Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Keywords age; moral culpability; mitigating factor; juvenile execution; death penalty; premeditated; murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment(2019)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Washington Defender Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords hallmark features of youth; juvenile offenders; Miller; meaningful opportunity for release; maturity; rehabilitation; juvenile vulnerability; peer pressure; risk-taking; impulsivity; indeterminate sentences(2019)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords mitigating qualities of youth; age; 21 year olds; recidivist statutes; 18-21 year olds; emerging adults; proportionate sentences(2019)
State v. Shanahan
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile sentencing; de facto life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama(2019)
U.S. v. Sparks
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment(2019)
Commonwealth v. Machicote
Keywords juvenile offender; second-degree murder; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama(2019)
Proposed Brief of Pub. Health Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
(2018)
Brief of Mass. Med. Soc’y et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
(2018)
Brief for the Massachusetts Medical Society as Amicus Curiae, joined by AAAP, Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Grayken Center at BMC, MOAR, Mass. Society for Addiction Medicine, Northeastern Law’s Health Policy Center, and 28 others.
Keywords SUD; Addiction; Relapse; Brain Disease Model of Addiction; Chronic Neurological Disorder; SUD Treatment; Punitive Approach; Incarceration; DSM-5; Public Health(2018)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., The Center for Public Representation, and Prisoners' Legal Services in Support of the Petitioner
Keywords Substance use disorder; probation; relapse; drug-free condition; incarceration; judiciary; legal precedent; revocation of probation; War on Drugs; addiction treatment(2018)
Brief of Amici Curiae of 11 Addiction Experts in Support of Appellee
Keywords brain disease model; addiction; neurobiological correlates; behavioral manifestations; contingencies; choice; criminal justice; treatment approaches; scientific premises; criminal responsibility(2018)
US v. Mosley
(2018)
US v. Montgomery
(2018)
Commonwealth v. Plasse
Keywords sentencing; addiction treatment; rehabilitation; judicial decision; defendant; drug addiction(2018)