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Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant, B.M.
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; meaningful opportunity for release; de facto life sentence; children; reduced culpability; lessened blameworthiness; Graham; peer pressure; adolescent vulnerability; risky behavior; immaturity; youth; mitigating factors; attendant circumstances; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant Brandon Moore
Keywords terms-of-years sentence; de facto life sentence; nonhomicide offense; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2014)
Amici Curiae Brief of the Center for Children & Youth Justice and Juvenile Law Center in Support of Respondent
Keywords youth; special protections; record sealing; rehabilitation; protective treatment of youth; brain science; impulsivity; peer pressure; decision-making; risky behavior(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant D.S.
Keywords delinquent; sex offenses; minors; registration; juvenile sex offenders; due process; sex offender registration(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Ulonzo Gordon
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; life without parole; mandatory sentencing; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Donte Lamar Jones
Keywords juvenile homicide; Miller; cruel and unusual; characteristics of youth; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); adolescents; developmental characteristics of adolescents; retroactive relief; disproportionate sentences(2014)
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(2014)
Brief on Appeal of Attorney General Bill Schuette as Intervenor
Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; Teague; Maxson test(2014)
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(2014)
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.)(2014)
Amici Curiae Brief on Behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Petitioner Filed with Consent of Parties
Keywords brain development; youth offenders; peer pressire; blameworthiness; culpability; susceptibility to deterence; capacity to change; LWOP; life without parole; Graham; Miller; juveniles; Miller factors; mitigating factors(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 diminished culpability; mitigating qualities of youth; Miller; LWOP; risk-taking; neuroscience; adolescent development; peer influence; environmental factors; adaptable teenage brain; impulsivity(2014)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, Loyola Civitas Childlaw Clinic et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords youth; murder; culpability; developmental immaturity; transfers; accountability theory; felony murder; constitutionally relevant attributes of adolescence; individualized determination; age; sentencing discretion(2014)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. on Behalf of Qu'eed Batts
Keywords capacity for rehabilitation; LWOP; adolescent development; reduced culpability; incomptencies; peer pressure; homicide; duress; presumption of immaturity; age(2014)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Victims & Victims' Rights Organizations
Keywords mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); victims; cruel and unusual punishment; retroactive relief; Miller; Jackson(2014)