Posts in 'Amicus Curiae'

Juvenile Law Center briefed the issue of whether the Congress intended the Military Commissions Act to have jurisdiction over juveniles. The juveniles in question have been held at Guantanamo Bay and subject to interrogation and physical and psychological abuse.

Argued that law violated due process and involved incarceration in jail-like facilities that mixed those already adjudicated delinquent with youth not yet found guilty of a crime.

Challenged parental visitation policies for parents of children in foster care.

Challenged the presence of armed juvenile probation officers in school buildings.

Argued against a per se rule removing a well-cared-for and loved child from a home because of a parent’s drug use.

Argued that juveniles should be afforded the right to a jury trial in delinquency proceedings.

Argued on behalf of a student who had been suspended for writing a fake MySpace page that made derogatory statements about the student's principal.

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.

Argued that a life without parole sentence for felony murder violates the United States Constitution as well as international law.

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.