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State v. Standard
Keywords juvenile offender; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; burglary(2002)
Brief of Center on Children & the Law; Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice; Children & Family Justice Center; and Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Lionel Tate, Appellant
Keywords infancy defense; children; capacy to commit a crime; transfers to criminal court; due process; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); equal protection; life without the possibility of parole; LWOP; competence; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)(2002)
Gonzalez v. Cecil County, Maryland
Keywords jail staff; untreated heroin withdrawal; deliberate indifference(2002)
MX Group, Inc. v. City of Covington
Keywords Methadone clinic; ADA; Rehab Act; Zoning laws; Discrimination(2002)
Criminal decision making: The development of adolescent judgment, criminal responsibility, and culpability
Keywords psychosocial factors; temporal perspective; peer influence; risk perception; adolescent criminal decision-making(2001)
State v. Peralto
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; mental disabilities; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; consecutive life sentences(2001)
Youth Law Center Brief in Support of Petitioners
Keywords transfers; transfer to adult court; juveniles; public safety; harm; youth; youth of color; racial disparities(2001)
Bustamante v. Massanari
Keywords disability claims; drug addiction; alcoholism(2001)
In re Anthony W.
Keywords uvenile detention; drug use; probation violation; rehabilitation(2001)
Florida Cannabis Action Network, Inc. v. City of Jacksonville
Keywords cannabis festival; free speech; content regulation; preliminary injunction(2001)
Lopez v. Davis
Keywords federal regulation; inmates; drug offenses; firearm offenses; early release; discretion(2001)
United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Coop.
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; medical necessity exception; medical marijuana; patient rights(2001)
Ferguson v. Charleston
Keywords drug testing; pregnant women; consent; public health; privacy rights; law enforcement(2001)
Cannabis Action Network v. City of Gainesville
(2000)
Non-Party Brief of Juvenile Law Center and National Center for Youth Law in Support of Douglas D.
Keywords safety; school violence; juvenile court; adolescents(2000)