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Brief of Amicus Curiae Julie A. Gallagher, Psy.D ABPP in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker

Keywords unformed juvenile character; transitory immaturity; peer pressure susceptibility to negative influences; imbalanced brain maturation; self-regulation; risk-taking; decision-making; sensitivity to rewards; impulse control; neurotransmitters; dopamine; sensation seeking; adolescent development

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant

Keywords cognitive capacity; teenage brain; developmentally distinct; children; adolescents; decision-making; developing brain; youth; interrogation; police questioning; sentenced as an adult; psychological research; neurological research; adolescent development; risky behavior; emotionally dependent; prefrontal cortex; frontal lobe; young adult; confessions; involuntary confessions

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center; the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior; the Sentencing Project; and the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana on Behalf of Appellant

Keywords sex offender registration of children; trauma; age; developmental differences; LWOP; life without parole; meaningful opportunity for release; cognitive neuroscience; developmental functioning; prefrontal cortex; adolescent brain development; long-term planning; decision-making; risk assessment; psychosocial immaturity; SORN

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Tyshon Booker

Keywords Miller; Montgomery; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; transient immaturity; temporary immaturity; de facto life sentences; developmental differences; individualized sentencing; diminished culpability; age; vulnerability to peer pressure; characteristics of youth

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

Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Sentencing Project in Support of Appellant Corey Grant

Keywords meaningful opportunity; juvenile LWOP; incorrigible; incapable of rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; juvenile offender; beyond rehabilitation; non homicide offenses; children

Brief of Amici Curiae: Juvenile Sentencing Project and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

Keywords meaningful opportunity; parole review procedures; mitigating circumstances of youth; rehabilitation; post-crime maturity; Miller factors; youth; parole

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

State v. Hauschultz

Keywords access to counsel for youth; youth interrogation ; Miranda warnings; adolescent brain development; juvenile justice; juvenile rights; custodial interrogation

G.T. v. Board of Education of Kanawha

Keywords Individualized Educational Plans; special education law; class-action lawsuit; educational rights of children; least restrictive environment; Individuals with disabilities; kids with disabilities

In re S.D.

Keywords juvenile delinquency ; juvenile justice; juvenile rights; subject-matter jurisdiction; Miranda warnings; delinquency proceeding; custody during questioning

State v. Houston

Keywords LWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile life without parole; cruel and unusual punishment; rehabilitation potential of juveniles

In re J.G.

Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; capital murder

State v. Standard

Keywords juvenile offender; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; burglary

Thomas v. Stitt

Keywords United States Court of Appeals; fair sentencing of youth; juvenile offender; homicide; mandatory life sentence

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