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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...
LeFave and her mother, convicted of three counts of child rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery, were released in 1995 by Middlesex Superior Court judge Robert Barton...
Last year, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Isaac Borenstein reversed her conviction and ordered a new trial, saying that there was new evidence to suggest that the children's testimony in the original trial might have been tainted...
However, on August 18, the Supreme Judicial Court overturned Borenstein's decision and denied LeFave's motion for a new trial...
Berkeley was selected as the college of focus because it has, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, eliminated race as a factor in determining which students to accept...