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...March 1997, the Supreme Judicial Court overruled Barton's decision and ordered that the two women return to prison. In September of that year, Violet Amirault died of cancer and LeFave continued on alone in her quest for a new trial. She was not taken back to prison...
...past 12 years, Cheryl Amirault LeFave has searched for someone who can convince the state's courts that she was convicted and imprisoned for a crime she maintains she did not commit...
Ogletree has committed himself to the case of LeFave--who, along with her mother, Violet Amirault, was convicted in 1987 of raping and assaulting children enrolled in their family-owned Fells Acres Day Care Center in Malden. LeFave's brother, Gerald Amirault, was also convicted of similar charges in a separate trial...
...Gerald Amirault, who has also tried to request a new trial, has been denied, and he remains in prison...
...Massachusetts judge overturned the 1987 convictions of two women accused of sexually abusing some 40 children attending a day-care center in Malden, Massachusetts. "I never, never, never did it," said Violet Amirault, 72; her daughter Cheryl Amirault LeFave was also freed (a son, Gerald, was tried separately, and is appealing his conviction before another judge). The judge argued that the women deserve a new trial because the alleged victims were allowed to testify with their back to the defendants...