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...beginning to explore, with the encouragement of the deans of SEAS and the GSD, how The Lab might evolve into a longer-term design and innovation resource for courses more broadly on campus, and particularly in SEAS and GSD,” Edwards writes in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...employ their determination and honor to woo girls with mandolins in House courtyards. But we no longer expect this. Instead, we call respect and chivalry patriarchal. Without affirming the virtues of manhood, we “empower” our women by delegitimizing manly pursuit and admiration. Chivalrous romance that animates the soul is outdated, but our rational modernity threatens our deepest fantasies...
...mother claims that, as a relative of the original victim, she has a right to know what offense Venables has committed, and, indeed, a typically transparent justice system would condone revealing the nature of the crime. Others claim that Venables’s rehabilitation clearly failed, so he no longer deserves the protection awarded by his veiled identity. However, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has refused to reveal the offense, for fear of revealing Venables’s identity and preventing the opportunity for a fair trial. The case is not typical of any justice system, and should Venables?...
...legal age for criminal responsibility in England is 10 years old, and psychiatrists ruled that both the children could distinguish between right and wrong. In spite of general cries for vengeance and dismay over the seemingly lenient eight-year sentence, many murderers do not in fact serve much longer, and life sentence is far from the ubiquitous punishment. Although a 10-year-old, according to the legal system and psychiatric analysis, is considered old enough to be responsible, it is also important to consider the purposes of prison: punishment, protection, and rehabilitation. Children have a greater chance of rehabilitation...
...know Venables’s crime and identity are unjustified; whether better or worse, the post-adolescent Venables is not the same 10-year-old who was tried 17 years ago. We may have had a right to know Venables’s crime then, but the public no longer has the right to know the details of the rest of his life. Venables’s identity is veiled in order to protect his life, and there is no just reason to change this policy...