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Brief of Ad Hoc Committee Comprised of Former Officials of the Michigan Department of Corrections and Correctional, Penological, Public Safety, and Mental Health Organizations Together with Individual Experts as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant

Keywords Miller; Miller; homicide; murder; transitory immaturity; characteristics of youth; justification for punishment; adolescent vulnerability; retroactive relief

Brief on Appeal of Attorney General Bill Schuette as Intervenor

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; Teague; Maxson test

Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing with Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc

Keywords Miller; individualized sentencing; life without parole; culpability; blameworthiness

Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant Eric Long in Support of Jurisdiction

Keywords mitigating factor; youth; JLWOP; Miller; intent to kill; homicide; immaturity; presumption of immaturity; complicity

Amended Merit Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Michael Dewine in Support of Appellee State of Ohio

Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); discretionary sentence; LWOP; life without parole; discretionary life without parole; mandatory life without parole; Miller; youth; homicide; mitigating effects of youth

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., in Support of Petition to Transfer

Keywords transfers; felony murder; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; mandatory minimum sentences; adolescents; adolescent vulnerability to peer influence; decision-making; impulsivity; juveniles; sentencing discretion

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Legal Voice, and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Appellants

Keywords pregnant minor; equal protection; Parental Notification Law (PNL); abortion; equal protection; discrimination; adolescent

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner

Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; Graham; child; adolescent develoment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); watershed rules

Corrected Brief on Behalf of Petitioner

Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release

Brief on Behalf of Defendant-Appellant

Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release

Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant

Keywords juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; felony murder; Miller; Graham; brain; individualized determination; adolescent development; meaningful opportunity for release; intent to kill

Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc

Keywords adolescent speech; teens; vulgar speech; brain circuitry; brain; puberty; emotion; emotional stressors; brain development; school; First Amendment (U.S.)

Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in Support of Appellee State of Ohio

Keywords amenability hearing; transfer; transfer to adult court; juvenile; due process; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); res judicata; rape; kidnapping; mandatory bindover; mandatory transfer of juveniles into adult court

Brief of Amici Curiae the Innocence Project, Inc. and the Ohio Innocence Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Chaz Bunch

Keywords eyewitness misidentification; wrongful conviction; Manson test; unreliable eyewitness; rape

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

Keywords de facto life sentences; Miller; Graham; juveniles; developmental differences; age; nonhomicide offense; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)

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