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	Louise Woodward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louise Woodward (born 28 February 1978, Cheshire, England) was a British 19-year-old au pair convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen in Newton, Massachusetts.
		Woodward, however, admitted under cross-examination on the stand that she never noticed any slight bumps, marks or any unusual behaviour by the baby at any time prior to the night he was taken to hospital.
		Woodward was unable to defend the lawsuit, since the nanny agency that had funded her trial did not fund this suit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louise_Woodward (1193 words)

	Louise Woodward - News Headlines - LondonNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woodward's lawyer Barry Scheck said "If Louise loses this she could spend the rest of her life in gaol and since I believe very much we have proven that this is an old injury and that she couldn't have done what was she was accused of doing I find that unimaginable, so it's pretty scary".
		Barry Sheck for Louise Woodward argued that the late disclosure of critical photos of Matthew's injuries was extremely prejudicial to her case.
		LOUISE Woodward was found guilty of murder in the second degree because the jury was unable to convict her of manslaughter.
	www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/talk/news/louise_woodward_previous.html (1808 words)

	Louise Woodward, State Supreme Court decision
		Woodward argues eight issues, only two of which need concern us: if we affirm the judge's verdict reduction and sentence, she waives all claims that seek a new trial, the appropriate relief were we to agree with Woodward on any of her other six claims of error.
		Woodward's motion for an evidentiary hearing on missing tissue is silent on the skull fracture and she did not press at oral argument for relief on her contention that release of the skull for burial after completion of the autopsy constituted prejudicial loss or destruction of evidence.
		Woodward also presses us to take judicial notice of the validity of and conclusive proof inferred from Dr. Leestma's "crucial finding of periosteum dislodged from the fracture in the dura." This finding "alone," she argues, "proved" that the skull fracture was weeks old.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /law/hamlyn/lwsuprem.htm (11679 words)

	Massachusetts v. Woodward
		They also wrote that Woodward's decision, at her lawyers' urging, not to let the jury consider manslaughter charges was cause for another Superior Court judge to reconsider her sentence.
		Woodward was "disappointed that she was not acquitted," he said.
		In recent weeks, Woodward legal team found itself in the spotlight once again after one of her lawyers, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, was arrested by Massachusetts state police on drunk driving charges.
	www.courttv.com /trials/woodward/061698.html (1022 words)

	The Trial Of Louise Woodward - Features on thehistorychannel.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woodward's time in prison was reduced to 279 days â“ exactly the amount of time she had already spent in prison.
		However, one of the seven judges described Woodward as a convicted felon who should never be allowed to work with children again or profit from her experience.
		Woodward not surprisingly failed to show up for the hearing, claiming she did not have the money to go through with the case.
	thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/features/the_trial_of_louise_woodward.php (454 words)

	Louise Woodward, English Au Pair, Guilty of Murder
		Louise Woodward was born in Elton, England on February 28, 1978.
		Louise had been in the household for three months and the Eappens were having difficulty with her staying out late many nights with friends and not be ready to work in the morning.
		On October 27th, Louise's attorneys took a gamble to drop the manslaughter option to the jury and only give them a choice of first and second degree murder thinking that they would acquit her since there was no intent or malice of forethought.
	www.accessnewage.com /articles/astro/benaupa.htm (910 words)

	The Trial Of Louise Woodward - Features on thehistorychannel.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The programme follows the tense case of 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted of second-degree murder in Boston for the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen - only to have the jury's verdict set aside by the judge.
		In 1997, British au pair Louise Woodward was found guilty of the death of Matthew Eappen.
		Woodwardâs defence argued that Matthew Eappen may have had a genetic defect that contributed to his skull fracture.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/features/the_trial_of_louise_woodward.php (454 words)

	Louise Woodward starts work as lawyer - The Boston Globe
		LONDON -- Former au pair Louise Woodward started working as a lawyer Monday, more than six years after she was convicted of killing a baby while working in Massachusetts.
		Woodward, 25, earned a law degree after returning to England and was hired by the firm North Ainley Halliwell in Oldham, in northwest England, senior partner John Ainley said.
		Woodward was convicted in November 1997 of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen of Newton, Mass.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/01/21/louise_woodward_starts_work_as_lawyer (672 words)

	BookRags: Louise Woodward Biography
		At its center was an au pair, Louise Woodward, who was born in Elton, England, and at age 18, like many other young European women before her, came to the United States to work.
		Subsequently, Woodward's lawyers submitted a three-part motion to the presiding judge, asking him to set aside the verdict and dismiss the case, set aside the verdict and hold a new trial, or reduce the charge to manslaughter.
		Louise Woodward maintained a low profile after she returned to England and pursued a law degree in London.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/louise-woodward-cri (674 words)

	Louise Woodward is freed
		LOUISE Woodward, the British au pair convicted of killing an American baby, was free last night after Judge Hiller Zobel reduced her murder conviction to manslaughter and cut her sentence to 279 days - the length of time she had already spent in jail.
		Woodward left the court with her parents, Gary and Sue Woodward, the representatives of a British tabloid newspaper, and an independent television company.
		Woodward, looking nervous and wearing a dark blue jacket, was brought from the women's prison in Framingham, about 25 miles west of Boston, to Superior Court in Cambridge, where she was found guilty on Oct 30 of causing Matthew's injuries.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/11/10/wood10y.html (1044 words)

	Court TV Online: Massachusetts v. Woodward
		Supporters of Woodward in both Massachusetts and her homeland of Britain had argued that Woodward should not be kept in a state women's prison with hardened criminals because she is only a teenager and was foreign to this country.
		Woodward supporters claimed she does not understand the U.S. justice system and should have been given the opportunity to be released on bail from prison.
		Woodward was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.
	www.courttv.com /trials/woodward (1234 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Civil suit against au pair Woodward opens to poor media interest
		While Woodward is back in her home country, England, trying to lead a normal life, her legal troubles are continuing, as the civil case against her by Sunil and Deborah Eappen started on Monday.
		Woodward returned to England in June after the state's highest court upheld a lower court's manslaughter conviction and sentence of the 279 days she'd served since her February 1997 arrest.
		Thus O J Simpson, who was not found guilty in a criminal case, was found liable for the death of his estranged wife and her friend, a waiter, and was ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/oct/07us.htm (617 words)

	Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Louise Woodward
		Woodward was recorded because she had not yet hung up the phone with the dispatcher when the officer entered the home.
		Woodward to the nine months imprisonment that she had already served while awaiting and standing trial, and the judge released her.
		Woodward preferred to accept the reduced manslaughter verdict and time-served sentence and return to her native England, rather than remain in Massachusetts for an undetermined additional period of time in order to stand trial again.
	www.goodcormier.com /cases/woodward (644 words)

	Louise Woodward - Appeal and Trial Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		LOUISE Woodward, the former au pair convicted of the manslaughter of baby Matthew Eappen, is to be represented in a civil hearing brought by the child's parents.
		LOUISE Woodward, the former au pair convicted last year of murder then manslaughter, is set to face a multi million dollar damages award this week.
		Woodward is not presenting a case in the matter as she does not have sufficient funds to fight the matter.
	www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/talk/news/louise_woodward.html (2654 words)

	University of Texas at Austin Development Office
		Fifty years after graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, Stanley and Louise Woodward have accumulated a life's worth of memories, and some of the most treasured ones are entwined with the Forty Acres.
		Louise, meanwhile, earned her BBA in 1944 and worked as a stewardess for Braniff Airlines for two years until Stanley returned to UT to resume his education.
		Louise explains how the couple made their mutual decision to leave the bulk of their estate to education.
	www.utexas.edu /supportut/news_pub/spring98_woodward.html (800 words)

	CNN - British au pair guilty of 2nd-degree murder - October 30, 1997
		CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (CNN) -- British au pair Louise Woodward was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder for the death of an 8-month-old boy left in her care.
		At Woodward's request, jurors were allowed to consider only a first-degree or second-degree murder conviction and not a lesser charge of manslaughter, defined as a reckless action that shows disregard for human life.
		Before leaving the witness stand, Woodward denied that she told police the day the boy was hospitalized that she had dropped Matthew on a bed or on the bathroom floor.
	edition.cnn.com /US/9710/30/au.pair.verdict.new (1148 words)

	Louise Woodward Parents Deny Fraud Charges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The charges relate to an invoice used to obtain money from the trust fund set up to help pay legal defense costs for their daughter, who was convicted in October 1997 of murdering Matthew Eapen, for whom she was a nanny.
		The judge hearing the case later reduced the verdict to manslaughter and sentenced Woodward to ``time served'' -- equivalent to the 279 days she had already spent in jail.
		Woodward, now studying law at a London university, has defended her parents, who are now separated.
	www.crimelynx.com /woodpar.html (226 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Settlement reached in Mathew Eappen case
		Woodward's lawyer in England said any money generated from the publication of her story would be assigned to the United Nations Children's Fund.
		Woodward is barred from profiting from her story, Frederic Ellis, an attorney for the baby Mathew's family said on Friday evening, adding that Mathew's parents, Sunil Eappen and Debra, are withdrawing their civil suit against Woodward who is back in her native England, studying for a law degree.
		Woodward was convicted of manslaughter for the death of the eight-month-old Mathew who was left in her care.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/feb/01amer.htm (595 words)

	LouiseWoodward
		*"Louise is the kind of girl who would see a child fall and immediately run over to it and try to find its mother...You wait 'til she comes back.
		He was convinced that Louise committed the crime, but not as a murderous act, but rather as a violent act born out of frustration and immaturity.
		Matthew's parents obviously feel robbed of justice because Louise is still legally guilty of killing their son, but she served only 270 days in jail during the trial and will not serve more.
	www.mazeministry.com /incorrect/woodward.htm (788 words)

	Judge lets au pair go, reduces her conviction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In contrast to the keening sobs that burst from Woodward on Oct. 30 when the jury found her guilty, she showed not a scintilla of emotion on her face Monday when the judge, who had admonished the court against any burst of emotion, announced his decision.
		Woodward's lawyers said they planned to appeal her conviction until they completely cleared her name and proved her innocence; prosecutors moved to block the decision and, unsuccessfully, Woodward's release.
		Woodward's lawyers said their own appeal of her conviction could take as long as a year, and until it was complete, the young woman would make no public statements.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/page1/97/11/11/nanny.2-0.html (1162 words)

	RW ONLINE:The Railroad of Louise Woodward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On November 1, 1997, an outrageous verdict was reached in the murder trial of 19-year-old Louise Woodward.
		Louise was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years.
		Louise Woodward was found guilty of second degree murder--meaning that she was found to have intended to kill.
	www.rwor.org /a/v19/930-39/932/woodwd.htm (576 words)

	Online NewsHour: Set Free--November 10, 1997
		Woodward's defense team, which included prominent lawyer Barry Scheck, admitted it was a mistake to refuse an early offer from prosecutors to reduce the charge against Woodward.
		Louise Woodward agreed to surrender her passport and stay in Massachusetts until that appeal is concluded.
		I don't think Louise Woodward's life should be ruined over this; I don't think she should have spent 15 years; but I do believe that she acted in a fit of rage.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/woodward_11-10.html (1917 words)

	Au Pair Admits Making Errors - CBS News
		Woodward told the BBC that the 8-month-old was "always toppling over," and could have hit his head the day before he was hospitalized.
		Woodward said during the interview that she was not paid, and the BBC took great pains to let everyone know she - and her parents - did not receive payment for the interview and for the excerpts other media were allowed to use.
		The Mirror on Monday blasted Woodward for modeling herself on Diana in her choice of a dark suit, similar to the one worn by the late princess for the interview with Bashir.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/06/22/world/main12331.shtml (599 words)

	Louise Woodward and O.J. Simpson: Similarities and Differences
		The law, John Adams told a Massachusetts jury while defending British citizens on trial for murder, is inflexible, inexorable, and deaf: inexorable to the cries of the defendant; "deaf as an adder to the clamours of the populace." His words ring true, 227 years later.
		A judge, in short, is a public servant who must follow his conscience, whether or not he counters the manifest wishes of those he serves; whether or not his decision seems a surrender to the prevalent demands.
		Many of these people have already decided that the parents themselves are guilty of killing their own child, based largely on their faces and reactions on TV and during the trial (not to mention the district attorney; they didn't like his face either).
	davidfiedler.com /louise.htm (465 words)

	Baud Behavior Features Page
		From the onset of the trail, however, it was clear the medical community was in disagreement over whether Woodward had caused Matthew's death via "shaken baby syndrome", or whether the child died as a result of earlier brain injuries sustained early in his life.
		There are links to write Louise directly (she reads all her mail and email, they say.) You can communicate with other people who think Louise should be freed via bulletin boards or chat rooms.
		But the Woodward trial (and to a certain extent, O.J. Simpson's trial before this) is unique, because now, the Web allows interested parties the ability to communicate, organize, and scrutinize evidence which has historically been limited only to those in the courtroom, the press, and people of high influence.
	www.echonyc.com /~janedoe/baudbehavior/features/woodward.htm (1849 words)

	The Louise Woodward Aftermath -- American Attitudes Towards Child Abuse and Motherhood
		Shortly after the final decision on the Louise Woodward Shaken Baby Impact Syndrome case was published on the Internet, the American public and the media lost interest, which isn't surprising considering the fickle nature of both.
		On the other hand, Woodward brought up childhood images of Mary Poppins, who would certainly never grasp a baby around the ribcage and smash his head against a bathroom floor because he cried incessantly and refused to take his spoonful of sugar so that the medicine would go down.
		What was missing from most news reports about the Woodward case was that in approximately 80% of all SBS cases, the culprit is male, most often the father.
	www.feminista.com /archives/v1n8/wilson.html (3269 words)

	Louise Woodward is freed
		LOUISE Woodward was freed last night by Judge Hiller Zobel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who had earlier reduced her conviction from murder to manslaughter because he was "morally certain" that there had been a miscarriage of justice.
		Barry Scheck, one of her lawyers and a man who played a crucial role in the defence of O J Simpson two years ago, said he was delighted by the judge's decision.
		Andrew Good, who led the defence team, said Woodward was relieved to be out of prison and to be with her family again.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/11/11/wlou11.html (1103 words)

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