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Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Juvenile Sentencing Project, and American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
Keywords meaningful opportunity to obtain release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); characteristics of youth; childhood offenses; post-crime maturity and rehabilitation; reduced blameworthiness ; diminished culpability; decision-making; risky behavior(2018)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Petitioner-appellant Cyntoia Brown and Reversal
Keywords adolescent development; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; penological purpose; capacity for change; brain maturation; future planning; prefrontal cortex; impact of stress on brain development; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder; FASD; juvenile stress; retribution; deterrence; incorrigibility; irreparably corrupt; Eighth Amendment (U.S); incapacitation(2018)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, and Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Avis Lee
Keywords brain; young adult; LWOP; disproportionate sentence; Eighth Amendment(2018)
Amici Curiae Brief of Juvenile Law Center, ACLU of Washington, Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, and Mothers Against Murderers Association in Support of Respondent, Brian Bassett
Keywords adolescent development; LWOP; neuroscience; retribution; deterrence; incapacitation; justification for punishment; decision-making; youth reasoning skills; stress(2018)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Columbia Legal Services, Teamchild, and Washington Defender Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Fain analysis; Proportionality analysis; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; Gunwall analysis; juvenile sentencing; categorial analysis; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment(2018)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior in Support of Petitioner
Keywords brain; prefrontal cortex; neuroscience research; transferred intent; imputed intent; felony murder; impulse control; adolescent decision-making; risk-taking; vulnerability to peer influence; attributes of youth; underdeveloped brain(2018)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Petitioner
Keywords juvenile life without parole; LWOP; coercive guilty plea; forced guilty plea; plea bargain; death penalty; plea negotiations; coercive plea negotiations; Roper; adolescent vulnerability; decision-making; adolescent's diminished legal competence; legal comprehension; mental impairments; brain; neurological vulnerability(2018)
Brief and Argument of Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellee
Keywords hallmark attributes of youth; youthful offenders; age-appropriate; fair sentencing; youthful characteristics; young adults; international laws; capacity for rehabilitation(2018)
Brief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and American Academy of Psychiatry and Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords juvenile brain development; false confessions; intelligence; coerced confessions; juvenile susceptibility to false and coerced confessions; involuntary confessions; vulnerability to pressure; immaturity of judgment(2018)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., in Support of Petitioner
Keywords Miller; Montgomery; retroactive relief; resentencing; juvenile murderers; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; discretionary life sentences; plea bargains; state sovereignty; victims' rights(2018)
Neuropsychological changes in patients with Substance Use Disorder after completion of a one month intensive outpatient treatment program
Keywords Substance use disorders; executive functioning; cognitive impairment; treatment outcomes; intensive outpatient program(2018)
Proposed Brief of Pub. Health Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Pl.’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order & Prelim. Injunction
Keywords methadone; opioid use disorder; MOUD; medication-assisted treatment; correctional settings; standard of care(2018)
US v. Mosley
Keywords substance use disorder; PTSD; depression; supervised release; incarceration(2018)
US v. Montgomery
Keywords sexual dangerousness; civil commitment; cocaine use disorder; mental illness(2018)
Neuroscience of addiction: Relevance to prevention and treatment
Keywords Drug addiction; substance use disorder; neurobiology of addiction; genetic factors; epigenetic factors; brain imaging(2018)