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Johnson v. Texas

Keywords juvenile sentencing; future dangerousness; mitigating factors of youth

Thompson v. Oklahoma

Keywords juvenile sentencing; Roper v. Simmons; death penalty; Oklahoma

State v. Null

Keywords juvenile sentencing; Miller v. Alabama; Graham v. Florida; Iowa Supreme Court; life without parole; juvenile life without parole

People v. Chavez

Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; juvenile justice reform; Miller v. Alabama

People v. Lozano

Keywords Juvenile sentencing; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; resentencing; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; California

Fletcher v. Alaska

Keywords Juvenile sentencing; Eighth Amendment; Proportionality principle; juvenile justice reform; cruel and unusual punishment

State v. Zuber

Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; parole eligiblity; juvenile justice reform; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama

State v. Comer

Buck v. Bell

Keywords Virginia; forced sterilization; constitutionality; intellectual disability; incorrigibility

The Life-Course of Juvenile Lifers: Understanding Maturation and Development as Miller and Its Progeny Guide Juvenile Life Sentence Release Decisions

Keywords Juvenile life without parole; prisoner maturation; reentry; life sentence; rehabilitation; second look sentencing.

Advancing Racial Justice Through the Restatement of Children and the Law

Keywords Restatement of Children and the Law; racial bias; disparate treatment; juvenile justice system; adolescent development; racial justice; procedural protections

State v. J.R.

Keywords search incident to arrest; juvenile offender; juvenile court; juvenile delinquency adjudication

Amicus Curiae Brief of the Students of Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Keywords Eighth Amendment; LWOP; life without parole; immaturity; characteristics of youth; capacity for change; decision-making; impulsivity

The end of “permanently incorrigible”: Putting Jones v. Mississippi into context

Keywords Jones v. Mississippi; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile sentencing; developmental psychology; rehabilitation; permanent incorrigibility

Merit Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Juvenile Law Center, Montgomery County Public Defender, and Children's Law Center, Inc. et al. in Support of Appellant

Keywords delinquent; juveniles; rehabilitation; sex offenses; child-victim offenses; sentencing discretion; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; brain development; adolescent behavior; Roper; juvenile sex offender; juvenile court discretion; child offenders

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