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Brief of Loyola Civitas Law Center, Children and Family Justice Center, Juvenile Law Center, and National Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Austin M.
Keywords least restrictive placement of a child; juveniles; plea offers; guardian ad literm; children; delinquency proceeding; right to counsel(2011)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant, L.S.W.
Keywords juvenile; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; developmental differences; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); capacity for rehabilitation; adolescent development; felony-murder; transient nature of adolescence; temporary immaturity; international law; Graham(2011)
Amici Curiae Brief on Behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, and the Loren Miller Bar Association, in Support of Petitioner
Keywords risky behavior; impulsivity; brain development; youth offenders; vulnerability to peer pressure; culpability; susceptibility to deterrence; de facto life sentences; non-homicide offenders; meaningful opportunity to obtain release; rehabilitation; capacity for change; late adolescence; decision making; prefrontal cortex(2011)
Brief of Amicus Curiae TeamChild
Keywords Zero Tolerance policies; children; teens; school; students; law enforcement; juvenile justice system; search and seizure; searches; school discipline policies(2011)
Brief of Indiana, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords age; custodial interrogation; Miranda; perception of custody; maturity; confessions; voluntary confessions; juvenile special protections(2011)
Brief of Juvenile Law Center et al. on Behalf of Appellant Rodrigo Caballero
Keywords adolescent brain development; developmental differences; disability; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); Graham; non-homicide; mandatory sentences; penological purpose; unjustified goals of punishment; international laws; Schizophrenia(2011)
Pacific Juvenile Defender Center on Behalf of Appellant Rodrigo Caballero
Keywords adolescence; age; mental illness; disproportionate sentence; non homicide; incompetence; proportionality analysis; Dillon; Lynch; juvenile; Schizophrenia(2011)
Brief of Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Appellant, Paul H. Gingerich
Keywords children; decision-making; compentency; developmental differences; due process; immaturity; transfer(2011)
Ramos v. Patnaude
Keywords deliberate indifference; Pretrial detainee; heroin withdrawal; negligence(2011)
DePierre v. United States
Keywords ADA; ADA Amendments Act of 2008; crack cocaine; disability discrimination(2011)
Tapia v. US
Keywords sentencing; prison term; rehabilitation; defendant(2011)
Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing
Keywords brand-name drugs; label warnings; pharmaceutical liability; substance use disorder; drug manufacturers(2011)
Pepper v. United States
Keywords resentencing; judicial discretion; drug recovery; rehabilitation(2011)
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords custody; Miranda; objective test; reasonable person; psychological vulnerabilities; due process(2011)
Frontostriatal Maturation Predicts Cognitive Control Failure to Appetitive Cues in Adolescents
Keywords Risk taking; Adolescents; Brain development; Rewards(2011)