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June 14, 2010
Chaz Bunch v.David Bobby, Warden

Argued that Petitioner Bunch's sentence is unconstitutional pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Graham v. Florida, which held that juvenile offenders cannot be sentenced to life without parole without a meaningful and realistic opportunity to re-enter society prior to the expiration of their sentences for non-homicide offenses.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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January 01, 2008
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Powell

Juvenile Law Center’s brief argues that the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole imposed on a 16-year-old is a disproportionate punishment under the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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March 28, 2011
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Aaron Phillips

Argued that sentences of life without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of homicide are unconstitutional.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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August 26, 2010
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Batts

Argued that sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of homicide are unconstitutional.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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February 28, 2011
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Harvey Miguel Robinson

Argued that a court should not consider an individual's juvenile record when deciding whether to impose the death penalty on him or her as an adult.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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March 29, 2010
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jordan Brown

Juvenile Law Center and two private attorneys filed this brief on behalf of an eleven-year-old charged with the murder of his stepmother. The brief argued that the trial court’s interpretation of the transfer statute requiring the juvenile’s confession at the pre-adjudicatory decertification hearing in order to demonstrate his ability to be rehabilitated in the juvenile system was in violation of his right against self-incrimination and rights to due process and fundamental fairness under both the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions.

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January 13, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida

Argued that Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause to address the failure of the market to provide affordable and appropriate health care for children who can neither purchase health insurance nor access health care on their own.

Child Welfare
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February 06, 2012
G.A.W. v. People of The State of Illinois

Argued that juveniles facing severe, adult-like consequences in the juvenile court system must be afforded the right to jury trials.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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January 26, 2012
Georgia v. Brinkley

Argued that failure of the court to address the issue of competency – on its own or otherwise -- violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution as well as Georgia law.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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November 07, 2011
Gingerich v. Indiana

Argued that failure of the court to on its own raise or otherwise address the issue of competency violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution as well as Indiana law.

Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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