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Paula E v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services
Keywords substance use; termination of parental rights; domestic violence; visitation rights; Alaskan Supreme Court; removal from parents(2012)
Jackson v. State
Keywords MDMA; firearms convictions; mental illness defenses; sufficiency of evidence; convictions(2012)
Romero v. State
Keywords LWOP sentence; second-degree murder; Graham v. Florida; juveniles; non-homicide cases; murder conviction; emerging adults(2012)
State v. Wright
Keywords death sentence; expert testimony; heroin addiction; withdrawal; cognitive limits; Miranda waiver(2012)
Conley v. State
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; Miller v. Alabama; aggravating circumstances; mitigating circumstances(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center on Behalf of Appellant
Keywords Miller; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; murder; Graham; intent to kill; felony murder; juvenile culpability; juvenile blameworthiness(2012)
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center et al. in Support of Appellees and Urging Affirmance
Keywords Fourth Amendment (U.S.); strip searches; Special Needs Test; juveniles; adolescents; suspicionless strip searches; probable cause; minors; children; teenagers; reasonable suspicion; individualized suspicion; adolescent vulnerability; adolescent development; trauma; Body ID policy; intrusive searches(2012)
Brief on Behalf of Defendant-Appellant
Keywords first degree murder; mandatory sentencing; individualized sentencing; Miller; Graham; meaningful opportunity for release(2012)
Brief of Jeffrey Fagan, Deborah Baskin, Frank R. Baumgartner, Katherine Beckett, Donna Bishop, Alfred Blumstein, and Robert Brame et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords deterrence; super predator myth; juvenile; LWOP; life without parole; juvenile offenders; violent crime(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); proportionality analysis; felony murder; decision-making; adolescent vulnerability; peer pressure; reduced culpability; cruel and unusual punishment; adolescent development; characteristics of youth; developmental differences(2012)
Supplemental Brief for Amicus Curiae the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association in Support of Appellee the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Keywords LWOP; retroactive relief; resentencing; Miller; first-degree murder(2012)
Brief of NAACP et al. in Support of Petitioners
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); culpability evaluation; race; juvenile; youth; juvenile LWOP; juvenile life without parole; African American; Latino; "wilding"; superpredators(2012)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center and the National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Keywords non-homicide; LWOP; Eighth Amendment; disproportionate sentence; Graham; age; disability; mitigating circumstances(2012)
Brief of Amici Curiae J. Lawrence Aber et Al., in Support of Petitioners
Keywords neurological development; diminished culpability; peer pressure; adolescent vulnerability; risky behavior; brain development; Graham; environmental influences; neurological differences; reward-seeking; Roper; impulsivity; adolescent brain(2012)
Brief for the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords mandatory LWOP; life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Graham v. Florida; Roper v. Simmons; qualities of adolescence (2012)