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Commonwealth v. Plasse
Keywords sentencing; addiction treatment; rehabilitation; judicial decision; defendant; drug addiction(2018)
State v. Michel
Keywords juvenile offender; parole eligibility; Graham v. Florida; non-homicide offense; Eighth Amendment(2018)
People v. Wines
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile offender; resentencing; mitigating factors of youth(2018)
People v. Skinner
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; permanent incorrigibility(2018)
Malvo v. Mathena
Keywords juvenile offender; mental state; Eighth Amendment; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; cruel and unusual punishment(2018)
State v. Seam
Keywords Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; life with parole; juvenile sentencing(2018)
In the Interest of C.K.
Keywords Megan's Law; juvenile sentencing; sex offense; substantive due process; lifetime registration and notification; cruel and unusual punishment; public safety(2018)
State v. J.R.
Keywords search incident to arrest; juvenile offender; juvenile court; juvenile delinquency adjudication(2018)
Morrow v. Ford
Keywords mitigating factors; death penalty; child sexual abuse; Supreme Court of Georgia; capital punishment; juvenile life without parole; LWOP(2018)
Justin Burrell v. State of Delaware
Keywords juvenile murder; self-defense; Delaware Supreme Court; jury instructions; LWOP; juvenile life without parole(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 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)
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 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)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Constitutional Law in Support of Petitioner
Keywords special care; voluntariness analysis; vulnerable persons; psychological coercion; intellectual impairment; juvenile confessions; suggestibility; confession reliability(2018)