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Brief of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Support of Neither Party
Keywords adolescent behavior; immaturity; adolescent brain; risk impulsivity; control; regional brain activity; executive control; functional immaturity; structural immaturity(2009)
Brief of Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, et al.
Keywords brain development; prefrontal cortex; juvenile LWOP; trauma; mental health; developmental needs; juvenile offenders; unique attributes of youth(2009)
Brief of Disability Rights Legal Center as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords disabilities; disproportionate sentences; reduced culpability; juvenile LWOP; non-homicide; transient immaturity; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; lesser blameworthiness(2009)
Brief of Amici Curiae Educators in Support of Petitioners
Keywords juvenile LWOP; capacity for rehabilitation; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; transient immaturity; peer pressure; non-homicide; reduced culpability; brain development; unformed character; prefrontal cortex(2009)
Brief of Former Juvenile Offenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords LWOP; unformed personality; capacity for rehabilitation; juvenile vulnerability; former juvenile offenders; reduced culpability(2009)
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)
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)