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Brief of Amici Curiae of the Mothers Against Murderers Association, Robert Hoelscher, Ruth Johnson, Azim Khamisa, Bill Pelke, Aqeela Sherrills, Tammi Smith, and Linda White in Support of Petitioners
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; disproportionate sentences; rehabilitation; children(2009)
Brief for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords attorney-client relationship; JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; characteristics of youth; immaturity; decision-making; peer pressure; plea bargains(2009)
Brief Amici Curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers in Support of Respondent
Keywords JLWOP; juvenile life without parole; crime victims; juvenile crime; deterrence(2009)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Support of Respondents
Keywords fMRI; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual; scientific evidence; juvenile brain development; brain imaging(2009)
Brief Amicus Curiae of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Support of Respondents
Keywords immature brain hypothesis; developmental psychology; age; adolescents; Roper(2009)
Brief for the States of Louisiana, et Al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords JLWOP; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); sentencing landscape; transfers; violent juvenile crime; gross proportionality; state juvenile sentencing practices; Roper(2009)
Brief for the National District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; disproportionate sentences; excessive sentences(2009)
Brief of Sixteen Members of the United States House of Representatives as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Keywords juvenile life without parole; international law; rights of the child; jus cogens; LWOP(2009)
Wyeth v. Levine
Keywords FDA approval; drug labels; preemption; pharmaceutical liability; product liability(2009)
Brief of the Sentencing Project as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juveniles; life without parole; Eighth Amendment; culpability; mandatory sentencing; rehabilitation; maturity; death penalty(2009)
Problems with Access to Adolescent Mental Health Care Can Lead to Dealings with the Criminal Justice System
Keywords Mental health; young people; early identification; early intervention; mental health care; justice system; incarcerated youth(2009)
Psychosocial Stress Reversibly Disrupts Prefrontal Processing and Attentional Control
Keywords Stress; prefrontal cortex; brain scans; fMRI; attention span; experiment(2009)
The Influence of Substance Use on Adolescent Brain Development
Keywords Adolescence; Alcohol; Marijuana; Use; fMRI; Hangover; Withdrawal; alcoholism; functional magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging(2009)
Trajectories of Antisocial Behavior and Psychosocial Maturity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Keywords psychosocial maturity; antisocial behavior; desistance(2009)
Adolescent development and the regulation of youth crime
(2008)