Resource Library
Development of the Emotional Brain
Keywords Emotions; Control; Brain development; Children; adolescence; development; emotion; limbic; prefrontal cortex(2017)
Jackson v. Calone
Keywords trust; fraudulent transfers; forged signatures; fiduciary duty; fraud; elder abuse; exploitation(2017)
Commonwealth v. Seskey
Keywords juvenile offender; Commonwealth v. Batts; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Montgomery v. Louisiana; Miller v. Alabama; resentencing(2017)
Virginia v. LeBlanc
Keywords juvenile offender; Graham v. Florida; geriatric release program; Virginia(2017)
State v. Charles
Keywords juvenile offender; discretionary sentence; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality(2017)
State v. Smith
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Eighth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; Graham v. Florida; non-homicide offense(2017)
State v. Roby
Keywords juvenile offender; mandatory minimum sentence; Iowa state constitution; cruel and unusual punishment; State v. Lyle(2017)
Commonwealth v. Batts
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; Miller v. Alabama; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2017)
State ex rel. Carr v. Wallace
Keywords juvenile sentencing; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; Eighth Amendment(2017)
Steilman v. Michael
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; de facto life sentence; Miller v. Alabama; Montgomery v. Louisiana(2017)
People v. Holman
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile sentencing; mitigating factors of youth; discretionary life sentence(2017)
State v. Zuber
Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; parole eligiblity; juvenile justice reform; Graham v. Florida; Miller v. Alabama(2017)
Garcia v. State
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile offender; murder; cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama(2017)
Brief for Amicus Curiae Fair Punishment Project in Support of Petitioner, Willbanks and Nathan
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life sentences; children; Miller; Graham; rehabilitation; juvenile brain; transient immaturity; disproportionate sentences; penological purpose(2017)
State of New Mexico's Answer Brief to Amicus Brief in Chief
Keywords adolescent development; brain; neuroscience; Graham; juvenile offenders; rehabilitation; science; meaningful opportunity; aggregated sentences; capacity for change; emotion; impulsivity; frontal lobe(2017)