Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants/cross appellees and appeared on the brief, was Andrew Crane , AAG, of Jefferson City, MO.
Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees/cross appellants and appeared on the brief, was Amy E. Breihan , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the brief; Denyse L. Jones , of Saint Louis, MO., Matthew D. Knepper , of Saint Louis, MO., Megan G. Crane , of Saint Louis, MO., Jordan T. Ault , of Jefferson City, MO., Sarah L. Zimmerman , of Saint Louis, MO.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; Sherrilyn A. Ifill , of New York, NY., Daniel S. Harawa , of St. Louis, MO., Samuel Spital , of New York, NY.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Children and Family Justice Center, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and Juvenile Law Center; Marsha L. Levick , of Philadelphia, PA., Riya Saha Shah , of Philadelphia, PA., Benjamin G. Bradshaw , of Washington, DC., Kimberly Cullen , of Washington, DC., Scott Harman-Heath , of Washington, DC., Desirae Krislie C. Tongco , of New York, NY.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Current and Former State Prosecutors, State Attorneys General, DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, and Former Corrections Directors; Joseph C. Welling , of St. Louis, MO., John R. Mills , of Oakland, CA., Jennifer Merrigan , of Philadelphia, PA.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth; Rebecca Turner , of Washington, DC., Brendan Krasinski , of Atlanta, GA., Jody Rhodes , of Atlanta, GA., Chelsea Dal Corso , of Atlanta, GA., Erin Johnson , of Atlanta, GA.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Individual Mental Health Professionals; Bradley M. Bakker , of St. Louis, MQ., Gillian R. Wilcox , of Kansas City, MO., Anthony E. Rothert , of St. Louis, MO., Kayla DeLoach , of St. Louis, MO., Jessie Steffan , of St. Louis, MO.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of National Association for Public Defense; Bram Elias , of Iowa City, IA., John Allen , of Iowa City, IA.
Before COLLOTON, ARNOLD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a constitutional challenge to Missouri's remedial parole review process for individuals sentenced to mandatory life without the possibility of parole for homicide offenses committed as juveniles. The plaintiffs, a class of Missouri inmates who were sentenced to mandatory life without parole for such...
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