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...know any lawyer in the Greater Boston area who has any reaction other than shock." The verdict brings a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, with no possibility of parole for the British teenager until 15 years have been served. Woodward's defense will petition Judge Hiller Zobel to set aside the verdict this week and, if that fails, will appeal the case...
...statements made by Jodie Garber, one of the jurors, to the Mail on Sunday, a British newspaper. "Nobody thought Louise intended to kill the baby," Garber was quoted as saying, explaining that it was done in the heat of the moment. She said that the jury was simply following Zobel's instructions that guilt should be determined by the fact "that a reasonable person would have known the actions she took would have resulted in the baby's death." Said Garber: "This was the verdict we had to reach." She added, "We'd rather have had a chance to consider...
...Meanwhile, at least one woman didn?t get the news via television or computer screen. Facing Judge Zobel for sentencing, Louise Woodward learned her fate the old-fashioned way: word of mouth...
CAMBRIDGE: Louise Woodward is free. That was the word from Judge Hiller Zobel, who reduced the British au pair's sentence to 279 days, or time served, after downgrading her crime Monday to involuntary manslaughter. Zobel said he wanted to bring a "compassionate conclusion" to the case...
...decision that delighted the English and polarized America. "It is a little troubling," confessed TIME National Correspondent (and former civil rights lawyer) Adam Cohen. "We are a system that believes in juries. When a judge steps in, you have to ask why." Nevertheless, Zobel ruled earlier, there had been no malice in Woodward's actions ? and therefore her murder conviction was invalid...