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Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior in Support of Petitioner

Keywords brain; prefrontal cortex; neuroscience research; transferred intent; imputed intent; felony murder; impulse control; adolescent decision-making; risk-taking; vulnerability to peer influence; attributes of youth; underdeveloped brain

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

Brief of Amici Curiae Ad Hoc Committee of Former Prosecutors, Former Judges, Former Governmental Officials, Leaders of Bar Associations and Law School Deans and Professors, in Support of Defendants-appellants

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); reduced culpability; lesser blameworthiness; LWOP; life without parole; capacity for change

Amicus Curiae Brief of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. in Support of Defendant-appellants Raymond Curtis Carp, Dakotah Wolfgang Eliason, and Cortez Roland Davis

Keywords superpredator myth; racial disparities; juveniles; youth violence; racial disparities; LWOP; life without parole; racialized criminalization of youth; juvenile sentencing laws

Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Faith-based Organizations and Religious Leaders

Keywords religion; LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment; Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; children

Amicus Curiae Brief of the State Appellate Defender Office

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; substantive rule; procedural rule; Teague; juvenile murder; first-degree murder; Eighth Amendment; LWOP; life without parole

ACLU Amicus Brief

Keywords Miller; retroactive relief; resentencing; mandatory JLWOP; mandatory juvenile life without parole; mitigating facts; substantive rule; Teague; procedural rule; youth; individualized capital sentencing doctrine; Eighth Amendment

Brief of Juvenile Law Center, et al. Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants Carp, Davis and Eliason

Keywords Miller; adolescent development; neuroscientific research; intent to kill; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Graham; felony murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)

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

Brief of Juvenile Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 65 Other Organizations and Individuals as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner

Keywords Miller; permanent incorrigibility; Eighth Amendment; racial bias; juvenile offender; LWOP

Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole

Keywords Miller; Montgomery; mandatory LWOP; young adults; disproportionate sentences

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

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

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

Brief of Amici Curiae for the Eastern District Attorney

Keywords murder; emerging adults; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; disproportionate; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); 18-year-olds; young adults; brain development; neuronal immaturity; Diatchenko; Miller

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