Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
9-14-2018
Abstract
Amici are current and former federal, state, and local prosecutors, Department of Justice officials, and judges with experience prosecuting, establishing policy for prosecuting, and sentencing for violent crimes, including those committed by juveniles. Amici recognize the importance of fair and proportionate sentencing to the credibility of the criminal justice system and the need to balance the impact of the crime on victims and survivors with the characteristics of the offender, including youth and the possibility of rehabilitation. Amici believe that states have an obligation to provide minimal procedural safeguards to effectuate this Court's direction to reserve the ultimate penalty of life without possibility of parole for only the rare juvenile homicide offender for whom rehabilitation is impossible. The procedures used by the state court below were constitutionally insufficient and undermine confidence that juveniles will be treated fairly in the criminal justice system.
Recommended Citation
McQuade, Barbara L., "Chandler v. Mississippi: Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Petitioner" (2018). Appellate Briefs. 50.
https://repository.law.umich.edu/briefs/50
Comments
Amicus: Adams, Felicia C.; Austin, President Roy L. Jr.; Bains, Chiraag; Bassler, Judge William G.; Butler, A. Bates III; Campbell, Judge Colin F.; Chavis, Kami N.; Cheney, Kimberly B.; Clemon, Judge U.W.; Collins, Alexis; Cotter, Michael; Cummings, William B.; Davis, Gregory K.; Dettmer, Michael H.; Edelman, Peter; Eskin, Judge George; Fidel, Judge Noel; Garnett, Stanley; Gray, Judge James P.; Grindle, Gary G.; Hibarger, Thomas; Jacob, Bruce; Keisler, Peter; Kogan, Judge Gerald; Letter, Douglas; Little, Alex; Machen, Ronald C. Jr.; McCord, Mary B.; McQuade, Barbara L.; Mosby, Marilyn; Mukasey, Michael B.; Nettles, William; Ogden, David W.; Olson, Wendy; Pechota, Terry L.; Petro, Jim; Phillips, Channing; Pigott, J. Bradley; Pocker, Richard; Racine, Karl A.; Reiner, Ira; Rummel, Heidi; Santarelli, Donald; Schneider, Judge Barry; Spagnoletti, Robert; Sullivan, Thomas P.; Ternus, Marsha; Vance, Joyce White; Weich, Ronald; Wilmoth, William D.