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People v. Parks
Keywords Miller v. Alabama; Montgomery v. Louisiana ; juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; mitigating factors of youth; adolescent brain development; cruel and unusual punishment; proportionality(2022)
State v. Conner
Keywords juvenile sentencing; consecutive sentences; life without parole; LWOP; de facto life sentence; permanent incorrigibility(2022)
State v. Kelliher
Keywords juvenile sentencing; life without parole; juvenile life without parole; JLWOP; de facto life sentence; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment(2022)
In re S.D.
Keywords juvenile delinquency ; juvenile justice; juvenile rights; subject-matter jurisdiction; Miranda warnings; delinquency proceeding; custody during questioning(2022)
Thomas v. Stitt
Keywords United States Court of Appeals; fair sentencing of youth; juvenile offender; homicide; mandatory life sentence(2022)
[Proposed] Brief of the National Health Law Program, Autism Legal Resource Center, Bazelon Center, Harvard Law CHLPI, Center for Public Representation, DREDF, Health Law Advocates, National Autism Law Center, and The Kennedy Forum as Amici Curiae.
Keywords Mental health treatment; Raytheon health plan; Parity Act violation; disclosure requirements; adverse benefit determination; nonquantitative treatment limitations; mental health discrimination; pleading standards; benefit denial; health plan transparency(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, et al., in Support of Petitioner-Appellants
Keywords minor status; age of majority; age of adulthood; young adult; brain development; recidivism; post-conviction relief(2022)
Brief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coersion; coercive nature of prayers; brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; social approval; adolescent vulnerability; developmental trajectories; dual system; brain imaging(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, TeamChild, and Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords sentencing; racial disparity; children of color; adultification; adultification; Black youth; race(2022)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigation; transfers; diminished culpability; children; Houston-Sconiers; Ramos; presumption of mitigation; adult court(2022)
Brief of King County Department of Public Defense
Keywords adolescents; emerging adulthood; sex offender registration and notification; SORN; 18-year-old; suicide; sexual recidivism; race; Black youth(2022)
Crime-Specific Recidivism in Criminal Justice Clients with Substance Use - A Cohort Study
Keywords substance use disorder; criminal justice; recidivism; prison; criminal behavior(2022)
Neurobiological mechanisms and related clinical treatment of addiction: A review
Keywords addiction; substance use disorder; magnetic resonance imaging; neurobiological mechanisms; craving; treatment; neuroimaging; brain circuits; relapse(2022)
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords adolescent brain development; age 17; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); prefrontal cortex(2022)
Amicus Curiae of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for Defendant-appellant John Antonio Poole
Keywords retroactive relief; young adult; Miller; Montgomery; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole(2022)