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...criminal-justice system should be minimized." That came three years after the U.S. stopped executing minors, following a Supreme Court decision, Roper v. Simmons, that was largely based on new brain research showing that the full development of the frontal lobe, where rational judgments are made, does not occur until the early- to mid-20s. At the state level, Missouri is leading the country by phasing out its large juvenile-detention institutions in favor of smaller facilities, closer to kids' homes, that offer more specialized services, like mental-health and drug counseling and education. In the process, the state claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting the Juvenile-Justice System to Grow Up | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...goals of big government in the midst of a crisis is to calm the masses. That was the thinking of leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt. It probably did not occur to them that inflaming the concerns of people who are worried about their jobs and keeping their homes is not a part of the solution to bringing a crisis to an end. (See pictures of Presidential First Dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIG Reaction: Stupidity and the Alchemy of Chaos | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

Previous diagnostic tests relied on characteristic changes that occur when the disease is already far advanced, at which point the patients are near death or require a heart transplant, Saffitz said...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Test May Identify Deadly Cardiovascular Disease | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...guitar skills aren’t really hard-rocking, nor rocking at all. They attempt to raise the level of rock in “Prom Queen” by employing a gratuitous dose of seizure-inducing camera effects. Bluish stage lights flash constantly, scene changes occur in sporadic bursts, and every drum fill thrashes the camera like an earthquake. The inspired music is matched by a truly inspired story: Lil’ Wayne used to have a high school crush who, in an unprecedented move, refused his advances. Well now Lil’ Wayne is rich and famous...

Author: By Mark A. Fusunyan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Lil' Wayne | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...Regan MacNeil Award for "Holy F***, Did an Exorcism Just Occur...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna and Maxwell L. Child | Title: The House T-shirt Awards, Part II | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

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