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Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellants Darien Vasquez and Brandon Valentin
Keywords Graham; youth-specific characteristics; geriatric release; meaningful opportunity for release; children; Miller; de facto life sentences; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); non-homicide crimes(2015)
Brief of the Colorado Juvenile Defender Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Respondent
Keywords Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; LWOP; life without parole; individualized sentencing; demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation; retroactive application; collateral review; children; mitigating attributes of adolescence; juvenile sentencing; resentencing; homicide; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); impulsivity; underdeveloped sense of responsibility; adolescent development(2015)
Amicus Brief of the District Attorneys for the Second and Eighteenth Judicial Districts
Keywords collateral review; Miller; mandatory life without parole; watershed rule; retroactive application; resentencing; juvenile offenders(2015)
Juvenile Law Center, Children & Family Justice Center, et al.’s Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Respondent-Appellee
Keywords violent offender registration; culpability; adolescent development; Miller; rehabilitation; developmental differences; youthful offenders; equal protection; public registries; juvenile offenders; Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth in Support of Appellants
Keywords RICO; gang members; juvenile homicide; children; adolescent development; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Miller; collateral review; resentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory life without parole; LWOP; Teague; watershed rule; juvenile life without parole; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; attributes of youth; brain; vulnerability to negative influences; peer pressure; immaturity(2015)
Juvenile Law Center Brief on Behalf of Petitioner Lucero
Keywords meaningful opportunity for release; Miller; Graham; children; juvenile offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); de facto life without parole; nonhomicide; lessened culpability; capacity for rehabilitation; developmental characteristics; diminished culpability; lessened blameworthiness(2015)
Application to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al., as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; retroactive application; resentencing; lessened culpability; mitigating factors; lessened blameworthiness; capacity for change; life without parole; LWOP; de facto life without parole; age; age-related characteristics; juvenile; finality; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescent development(2015)
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(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Submitted by the Washington Defender Association, Black Prisoners Caucus, Columbia Legal Services, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation, and TeamChild et al.
Keywords brain development; neurological development; mitigating circumstances; youth; culpability; blameworthiness; intellectual disability; individual circumstances(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae:Juvenile Law Center and American Probation And Parole Association et al., in Support of Appellant, Petitioner on Review
Keywords due process; waiver statute; adolescent development; individual determination of child culpability; blameworthiness(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, et al. Supporting Respondent Jerri Smiley
Keywords Miller; Graham; Roper; mandatory sentencing; adolescent's reduced culpability (blameworthiness); adolescent development; blameworthiness; reduced culpability(2015)
Brief of Amici Curiae State of Michigan and 15 Other States in Support of Respondent
Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; Eighth Amendment; JWLOP; juvenile life without parole; resentencing(2015)
Brief of the National District Attorneys Association and Other Prosecutors’ Associations as Amici Curiae in Support of Louisiana
Keywords retroactive relief; Miller; JLWOP; post-conviction Miller hearings; victims(2015)
Brief of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and the Criminal Justice Institute as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
Keywords retroactive relief; post-Miller; JLWOP; transient immaturity; diminished culpability; capacity for change; incorrigibility; excessive punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); national standards of decency(2015)
Brief of Former Juvenile Court Judges as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords attributes of youth; resentencing; retroactive relief; Miller; capacity for rehabilitation; age; juvenile offenders; homicide; murder(2015)