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...What's striking about the decision to set Wilson free is the majority's reliance on the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Criminal defense attorneys often cite the language in seeking their client's release, but are rarely successful. In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has relied on the Eight Amendment to steadily chip away at the death penalty in recent decisions barring the execution of juvenile offenders and the mentally ill. But even the harshest prison sentences are rarely reversed...
...direction to go this weekend: up. The Crimson will travel to New York City’s Van Cortlandt Park to compete tomorrow morning in the 31st annual Heptagonal Championship, which serves as the championship race for the Ivy League. Last year, the Harvard women finished a disappointing eighth, nearly 200 points behind champion Princeton. But a lot has changed for the Crimson in the last year, and most of that is due to coach Jason Saretsky’s first recruiting class. “They’ve had a tremendous impact in increasing the talent level...
...Diegans like to boast that we live in "America's Finest City." And we're probably right - the eighth largest city but "with a small-town feel." We often say our worst day is still better than the best day in any other place in the world. But what happened in the last few days has caused some of us to reconsider the jingoistic slogans we emblazon on our ball caps and t-shirts...
...hiking accident in New Hampshire. Stine Rossel suffered a fatal head injury when a log gave way and slid downhill, rolling over Rossel and her husband. Her husband, Brian M. Wood, who is a graduate student in biological anthropology, was not seriously hurt. Rossel was in her eighth year at Harvard. She recently completed her dissertation on the animal exploitation practices of two different communities in the Nile Valley, analyzing animal bones from two archaeological sites. “She was always very excited to see the day’s finds, and ran out every day to greet...
...sailors—seniors Kyle Kovacs and Elyse Dolbec—had the week off, and prior to the weekend slate, Harvard saw itself slip in the national polls: the Crimson co-eds dropped from fifth to seventh in the country and the women dropped from fourth to eighth.“We haven’t been sailing as well as we can,” sophomore Liz Powers said. “I don’t think our scores have reflected our ability lately.”STU NELSON REGATTAThe women’s team traveled...