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...Louise took away Matthew, and the judge took away justice," Mrs. Eappen insisted. But Silverglate points to a deeper phenomenon: "In this country for the last decade or so," he says, "the child protection community has become a child abuse cult...
CAMBRIDGE: As the deadline for defense and prosecution appeals approaches, another war of words has broken out in the au pair case. In exclusive interviews with TIME, aggrieved mother Deborah Eappen says that in letting her go with time served, Judge Hiller Zobel showed "a total lack of understanding of child abuse" ? while defense attorney Harvey Silverglate insists the Woodward case is part of a pattern of child abuse "witch hunts" in Massachusetts...
Defense attorney Barry C. Scheck said: "There are no winners in this case. This is a tragedy. Matthew Eappen is dead...
...Pair, the firm which placed Woodward in the Eappen home, is also exposed to civil suits...
Harvard affiliates were tangentially related to many aspects of the case. The father of Matthew Eappen, the 8-month-old victim, is an instructor at Harvard Medical School. The judge who reversed the jury's murder verdict, Hiller B. Zobel '53, is a Harvard graduate, as was one of the main prosecutors in the case. Frank-furter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz played an active role in the post-trial defense. And Woodward defense attorney Harvey A. Silverglate has been involved in litigation against the University on behalf of students...