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...Baskind, who plays both soccer and lacrosse; Cara Sprague, who competes in cross-country and skiing; and Nina Kucharczyk, a field hockey and lacrosse player. But who knew that lurking within the ranks of the Crimson’s distinguished track and field team is a world-ranking jump roper...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skipping All The Way To The Track | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...making their decision, the court will review its logic in 2005's Roper v. Simmons, which held that individuals could not be sentenced to death for crimes committed under the age of 18, as the court found that minors had a "lack of maturity." The petitioners in Graham and Sullivan are arguing for a similar standard for their noncapital offenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...reviewing a large swath of research literature, the Department of Justice concluded that "to best achieve reduction in recidivism, the overall number of juvenile offenders transferred to the 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...

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

...Having a face-to-face conversation with Shirley Phelps[-Roper] really gets your blood going,” said James D. Hills ’11, who stood near the front of the crowd, wearing an American flag as a cape...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Anti-Gay Hate Group Comes to Harvard | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

Shirley Phelps-Roper, who was carrying a sign that read “Bloody Obama,” said the Church was picketing at HLS specifically to protest the new president...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Anti-Gay Hate Group Comes to Harvard | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

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