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State v. Ramirez
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; mandatory life without parole; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile offender; resentencing; Eighth Amendment; de facto life sentence(2014)
State v. Mantich
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; mandatory life without parole; life without parole; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; juvenile offender; de facto life sentence; Eighth Amendment; resentencing(2014)
People v. Davis
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; juvenile offender; mandatory life without parole; juvenile life without parole; LWOP; JLWOP; resentencing(2014)
Bear Cloud v. State
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama; de facto life sentence(2014)
Aiken v. Byars
Keywords juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; Miller v. Alabama; retroactive application of Miller; discretionary sentencing; resentencing(2014)
State v Lyle
Keywords juvenile offenders; mandatory minimum sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment; individualized sentencing(2014)
People v. Chavez
Keywords juvenile sentencing; resentencing; juvenile justice reform; Miller v. Alabama(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Appellee Edwin Ike Mares
Keywords Miller; substantive law; retroactivity; resentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; child; mandatory LWOP; life without parole; felony murder; 16-year-old (2014)
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Students of Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Keywords Eighth Amendment; LWOP; life without parole; immaturity; characteristics of youth; capacity for change; decision-making; impulsivity(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Dr. Beatriz Luna, Dr. Charles Alexander Nelson III, Dr. Silvia Bunge, Dr. Adriana Galvan, and Dr. Linda Patia Spear in Support of Neither Party
Keywords brain; brain development; adolescence; brain chemistry; brain structure; synaptic pruning; rewards system; reward processing; cognition; emotions; brain maturation; functional brain maturation; executive functioning; Graham(2014)
Brief in Support of the Resentencing of Petitioner Angel Alejandro on Behalf of Amici Curiae Robert M. Morgenthau, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Child Welfare League of America, and Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators et al.
Keywords LWOP; teen; adolescence; diminished culpability; impulsivity; Miller; mitigating qualities of youth; peer influence(2014)
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)