Adolescent Brain Development - the Youth Advocacy Division

6. Hillary Massey, 8 th Amendment and Juvenile Life Without Parole after Roper, 47 B.
C. L. REV. 1083 (2006).
7. Staci Gruber & Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Neurobiology and the Law: A Role in
Juvenile Justice? 3 OHIO ST. J. OF CRIM. L. 321 (2006).
8. Margo Gardner & Laurence Steinberg, Peer Influence on Risk Taking, Risk
Preference, and Risky Decision-Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An
Experimental Study, 41 DEV. PSYCHOL. 625 (2005).
9. Press Release, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Adolescent
Brains Show Reduced Reward Anticipation, (Feb. 25, 2004).
10. Laurence Steinberg & Elizabeth Scott, Less Guilty By Reason of Adolescence:
Developmental Immaturity, Diminished Responsibility, and the Juvenile Death
Penalty, 58 AMER. PSYCHOL. 1009 (2003).
IV. Reports and Other Advocacy Resources
1. CHILD. LAW CTR. OF MASS., UNTIL THEY DIE A NATURAL DEATH:
YOUTH SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN MASSACHUSETTS
(2009).
2. Wendy Paget Henderson, Life After Roper: Using Adolescent Brain Development in
Court, 11 A.B.A. CHILD. RTS 1, 1 (2009).
3. Connie de la Vega & Michelle Leighton, Sentencing Our Children to Die in Prison:
Global Law and Practice, 42 U.S.F.L. REV. 983 (2008).
4. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, THE REST OF THEIR LIVES: LIFE WITHOUT
PAROLE FOR YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2008 (2008).
5. A.B.A. RECOMMENDATION 105C, Mitigating Circumstances in Sentencing
Youthful Offenders (2008).
6. Allstate Advertisement, WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 17, 2007.
7. Less Guilty By Reason of Adolescence, Issue Brief (MacArthur Found. Res. Network
on Adolescent Dev. & Juv. Just., 2006.
http://www.adjj.org/downloads/6093issue_brief_3.pdf (last visited May 19, 2010)
8. National Institute of Mental Health, Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress, 2001.
V. Expert Testimonies/Briefs Addressing Expert Evidence
1. Amici Curiae Brief of the American Psychological Association, et al.,
Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida (2009)
2. Affidavit of Dr. Staci A. Gruber (2009)
3. Declaration of Ruben C. Gur, Ph.D., Patterson v. Texas (2002)
4. Testimony of Ruben C. Gur, Ph. D., People v. Clark, (Illinois)
5. Testimony of David Fassler, M.D., New Hampshire State Legislature (2004)
6. Interview with Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, PBS Frontline (2002)
VI. Supreme Court Opinions
1. Graham v. Florida – Majority opinion given by Justice Kennedy. Full opinion
available at http://eji.org/eji/files/Decision%20in%20Graham.pdf.
2. Graham v. Florida Quotes
3. Roper v. Simmons – Majority opinion given by Justice Kennedy
4. Atkins v. Virginia – Majority opinion given by Justice Stevens
5. Thompson v. Oklahoma – Majority opinion given by Justice Stevens