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Some of the amici briefs in support of the defendants in Graham and Sullivan,

By Douglas A. Berman

I am still working through the top-side merits briefs in Graham and Sullivan (discussed here), which are the two SCOTUS juve LWOP cases that present fascinating Eighth Amendment question.  I hope to be able to find time in the weeks ahead to blog about what these merits briefs argue (and what they do not argue).   In the meantime, folks ahead of me on their juve LWOP reading can and should start checking out the 14 amicus briefs filed on behalf of the defendants that the SCOTUSwiki folks have posted here and here.  Though I hope to eventually blog about what some of these amici argue, I hope readers might get a running start by noting any especially interesting or unexpected argument to be found in these friendly briefs. It seems as though the Obama Administration's Department of Justice did not file a brief on behalf of the defendants in these cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).