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Brief of the Due Process Institute as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords emerging adult; Miller; LWOP; life without parole; extension of Miller; 18-20 year olds; young adult

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mississippi Office of the State Public Defender, and Mississippi Public Defenders Association in Support of Petitioner

Keywords permanent incorrigible; incapable of rehabilitation; JLWOP; Miller; mitigating factor; disproportionate punishment; diminished culpability; lesser blameworthiness; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)

Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of the Defendant-Appellant

Keywords adolescent vulnerability; decision-making age; duress defense; peer pressure; coercive situations; jury instructions; adolescent development

Proposed Brief of National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Dr. Giselle Hass, Tahirih Justice Center, and National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health

Keywords adolescents; asylum; trauma; PTSD; brain development; executive functioning; immigration

Amici Curiae Brief of Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellant, Robert C.

Keywords capacity to commit a crime; reasonable child standard; self-defense; trauma; reasonable belief; age; child development

Brief of Juvenile Law Center and the National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Keywords non-homicide; LWOP; Eighth Amendment; disproportionate sentence; Graham; age; disability; mitigating circumstances

Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief of Prosecutors Alliance of California in Support of Neither Party

Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; juvenile culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; youth offender parole; special circumstance murder; first degree murder; racial disparities

Combined Application to File an Amicus Curiae Brief and Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent, The People of the State of California

Keywords LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; equal protection; parole eligibility; young adult; first degree murder; special circumstances

Application to File Amici Curiae Brief & Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights Watch et al., in Support of Defendant & Appellant Tony Hardin

Keywords youthful offender; rehabilitation; parole hearing; diminished culpability of youth; parole eligibility; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; brain development; behavior

Application of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Juvenile Justice Scholars and Nonprofits to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant; [Proposed] Amicus Curiae Brief

Keywords adolescents; LWOP; life without the possibility of parole; mitgiating attributes; Miller; late adolescence; brain development; plasticity; brain imaging; adolescent vulnerability; hierarchical development; neurological development; maladaptive behavior; emotions; emotional arousal; trauma; chronic stress; psychological capacity; personality; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; parole suitability hearing

Brief of Amici Curiae Children’s Rights Advocates in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees

Keywords climate change; youth; emotional regulation; vulnerability; brain

Brief of Juvenile Law Center in support of Omar Khadr

Keywords developmental differences; enemy combatant; developmental psychology; risky behavior; peer pressure; child soldiers; adolescent autonomy; decision-making; false confessions; greater capacity for change; social science

Non-Party Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Fourteen Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Child Welfare Systems, and Adolescent Development Experts in Support of Defendant-Appellant Damian L. Hauschultz

Keywords youth interrogation; adolescent brain development; vulnerability to adult pressure; decision-making; impulsivity; trauma; age; interrogations; rewards system

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Real Party in Interest Tyler B.

Keywords youth interrogation; access to counsel; consent to search; Fourth Amendment (U.S.); Fifth Amendment (U.S.); blood draw; susceptibility to coercion; interrogations; age; attributes of youth; Miranda; search and seizure

Brief of Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Medicine Terry A. Maroney, et al. as Amici Curiae

Keywords death penalty; cognitively impaired; ADHD; confession; Miranda; police interrogation; adolescent brain science; Miranda custody analysis; self-incrimination; involuntary confessions; false confessions

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