neuroscience-evidence
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-6861 | Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adolescent-brain compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimums neuroscience neuroscience-evidence procedural-error section-3553 section-3582 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform | Whether Booker's invalidation of the mandatory sentencing regime, and post-Booker neuroscience facts about the adolescent brain constitutes extraordin… |
| 18-7803 | Dennis Hegstrom v. Florida | Florida | 2019-02-07 | Denied | IFP | eighth-amendment homicide late-adolescent late-adolescent-offender mandatory-life-sentence miller-v-alabama neuroscience-evidence parole parole-eligibility sentencing | Is it time to extend the Eighth Amendment protections enunciated in Miller v. Alabama to late adolescent homicide offenders? |