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Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

Monroe County SORNA Challenge

Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas •

Motions were filed with the juvenile court seeking nunc pro tunc relief on behalf of five youth who had been adjudicated delinquent for sex offenses prior to December 2012 when the SORNA law went into effect; in December, they were required to register as sexual offenders. The motions for nunc pro tunc relief ask the court to reconsider their classification as juvenile sex offenders and remove their information from the sex offender registry.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Henry v. State

Florida Supreme Court •

Argued that two juveniles' sentences of 70 and 90 years in prison for non-homicide offenses are unconstitutional pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's rulings in Graham v. Florida and Miller v. Alabama. 

Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

State v. Butler

Arizona Supreme Court •
Our brief argued that age and other circumstances must be considered in assessing if a youth voluntarily consented to a blood draw by a law enforcement official.
Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Baines v. Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit •
Our brief argued that appellant, sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile, is entitled to relief based on the second exception to the prohibition on filing a second or successive habeas petition, which allows a subsequent petition when it is premised on "a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable." 

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Commonwealth v. Brooker

Pennsylvania Superior Court •
We challenged the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s Act 204 of 2012, and argues that Act 204 is unconstitutional on numerous grounds.
Solitary Confinement & Harsh Conditions

T.S. v. Doe

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit •

Challenging a Kentucky juvenile detention center’s policy of conducting suspicionless strip searches on juveniles arrested on minor violations

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

State v. Castaneda

Nebraska Supreme Court •

Argued that Nebraska’s mandatory statutory sentencing scheme is now unconstitutional pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama, which banned mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles.

Keeping Kids in the Community

In the Interest of W.L.H.

Georgia Supreme Court •
Argued that a child who is wishes to file an appeal through counsel should have the right to do so, regardless of the position of any other party to the proceeding, including a guardian ad litem.
Keeping Kids in the Community

In the Interest of R.L.R.

Florida District Courts of Appeal •

Argued that children in dependency proceedings are entitled to attorneys who owe the same duty of confidentiality to their child-clients as they do to an adult client.