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Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

United States of America v. J.D.T.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit •
Argued that 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), the federal statute prohibiting sexual acts with children under the age of 12, was unconstitutional when the accused is also under 12.
Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

In re D.S.

Ohio Supreme Court •

Argued that Ohio’s sex offender registration law should be held unconstitutional as applied to children tried in juvenile court.

Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

B.H. v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court •
Argued that Kentucky state law and established public policy disfavor adjudicating a minor child delinquent of sexual misconduct and possession and viewing of child pornography when consensual sexual contact and exchange of sexually explicit text messages occurs between two teens who are both below the age of consent.
Records

State v. S.J.C.

Washington Supreme Court •

Argued in support of Washington State’s standard for sealing juvenile records because it is aligned with U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence in treating child offenders differently than adults and making it easier for children to seal their records upon completion of their sentences.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

State v. Moore

Ohio Supreme Court •

Juvenile Law Center filed an amicus brief in the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of Brandon Moore, who received a sentence of 112 years for non-homicide offenses he committed when he was only 15 years-old.

Youth Tried as Adults

Romero v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal •

Argued that because Romero was an adolescent with no attorney, no other adult tasked with advocating for him, and had not even been informed by his own attorney that he had a right to appeal, he lacked adequate access to the courts. Therefore, jurisdictional limitations should be tolled during the period of his minority.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Jones v. Commonwealth

Virginia Supreme Court •

Argued that the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles in Miller should apply retroactively to inmates like Jones, who was sentenced prior to the Miller ruling.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

State v. Soto

New Hampshire Supreme Court •

Argued that the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles in Miller should apply retroactively to inmates like Soto, Tulloch, Dingman, and Lopez, who were sentenced prior to the Miller ruling.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Layman v. State

Indiana Supreme Court •

Argued that the sentences imposed on two juveniles under Indiana's felony murder statute conflict with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, as well as established research on adolescent brain science. On September 18, 2015 the Indiana Supreme Court issued an opinion.