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Amicus Briefs

Mental Health Experts: J. Lawrence Aber, et al.

Former Juvenile Offenders Charles S. Dutton, Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R. Dwayne Betts, Luis Rodriguez, Terry K. Ray, T.J. Parsell, and Ishmael Beah

Mothers Against Murderers Association, Robert Hoelscher, Ruth Johnson, Afflim Khamisa, Bill Pelke, Aqeela Sherrills, Tammi Smith, and Linda Fihite

Juvenile Law Center, National Juvenile Defender Center, Children and Family Justice Center, et al.

Faith Organizations: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, American Catholic Correctional Chaplains Association, American Correctional Chaplains Association, et al.

Educators

American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and Mental Health America

American Medical Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, National Association for Juvenile Correctional Agencies, National Juvenile Detention Association, National Partnership for Juvenile Services, American Probation and Parole Association, and International
Community Corrections Association

Disability Rights Legal Center

American Bar Association

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Amnesty International, et al.

The Sentencing Project

Center on the Administration of Criminal Law

Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent

Sixteen Members of U.S. House of Representatives

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

States of Louisiana, et al.

National District Attorneys Association

National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers

Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, The Sovereignty Network, et al.