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Brief for the Center for Children, Law & Policy, University of Houston Law Center as Amicus Curiae
Keywords neurodevelopment; immaturity; vulnerability to outside pressure; peer pressure; neurobiological immaturity; court transfers; adolescent brain; waiver of juvenile jurisdiction; due process; special protections(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Columbia Legal Services
Keywords youth of color; unsealed juvenile records; record sealing; rehabilitation; reintegration into society; Ishikawa factors; racial disparities(2014)
Brief of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan
Keywords LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment; deterrence; rehabilitation; retroactive application; felony murder; under age 18; aiding and abetting; vulnerabilities of youth; decision-making; future orientation; long-term planning; decision-making; disproportionate sentences; intent to kill(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., Supporting Appellee Songster
Keywords juvenile offender; murder; homicide; retroactivity; resentence; Miller; mandatory life without parole; mandatory LWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); child; adolescent development; Teague; watershed rule(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Respondent
Keywords retroactive application; Miller; collateral review; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); attributes of youth; resentencing; LWOP; life without parole; juvenile offender; Graham; immaturity; brain; behavior control; reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, et al. Supporting Petitioner Gary L. Griffin
Keywords 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(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center in Support of Respondents Michael Soto, Robert Tulloch, Robert Dingman, and Eduardo Lopez, Jr.
Keywords Miller; retroactive application; resentencing; juveniles; life without parole; LWOP; de facto life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); lessened culpability; lessened blameworthiness; murder; mandatory life without parole(2014)
Amended Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al., in Support of Appellants, Blake Layman and Levi Sparks
Keywords mandatory minimum sentences; mandatory sentences; risk-assessment; decision-making; felony murder; Miller; adolescent development; behavior; juvenile offenders; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; peer pressure; agency theory; brain(2014)
Brief for Children at Risk as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords rare juveniles; rehabilitative programming; beyond rehabilitation; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; solitary confinement; capacity for rehabilitation(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee Cameron Moon
Keywords homicide; court transfers; individualized determination; maturity; youth; capacity for change; rehabilitation; juvenile jurisdiction(2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of Texas Appleseed in Support of Appellee Cameron Moon
Keywords homicide; court transfers; juvenile jurisdiction; Kent criteria; psychological harms; irreparable harm; maturity; neurodevelopment; adolescent development; adolescent deficiencies\; adolescent brain; stress; psychosocial stressors(2014)
Brief of Professor Michele Deitch in Support of Appellant Cameron Moon
Keywords youth; homicide; court transfers; juvenile jurisdiction; rehabilitation; rehabilitative programs; criminal history(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for Youth Justice, Center on Children and Families, Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Southern Juvenile Defender Center in Support of Appellant Dorian Rafael Romero
Keywords access to courts; adolescents; immaturity; adolescent development; incarcerated individuals(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Association in Support of Appellee State of Ohio
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; de facto life sentence; nonhomicide offense; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Merit Brief of Amicus Curiae, the Office of the Ohio Public Defender, in Support of Appellant Brandon Moore
Keywords meaningful opportunity for release; cruel and unusual; nonhomicide offense; terms-of-years sentence; Graham; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); juvenile nonhomicide offender(2014)