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Louise Woodward case

Index Louise Woodward case

The Louise Woodward case concerned Louise Woodward, a 19-year-old British au pair convicted in 1997 of the involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen while he was in her care in his home in Newton, Massachusetts, in the United States. [1]

46 relations: Abusive head trauma, American English, Au pair, Ballroom dance, Barry Scheck, BBC, Boston, Boston Children's Hospital, British English, Capital punishment in Massachusetts, Chester, Child abuse, Coma, Default (law), District attorney, Dropping out, EF Education First, Elton, Cheshire, Gerard Leone, Hiller B. Zobel, In utero, Innocence Project, Latin dance, Lesser included offense, List of pathologists, London South Bank University, Magnetic resonance imaging, Manslaughter, Martha Coakley, Martin Bashir, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Murder of Krim siblings, Murder of Kristie Fischer, Neurosurgery, Newton, Massachusetts, Oldham, Ophthalmology, Panorama (TV series), Polygraph, Radiology, Retinal haemorrhage, Retro Report, Son of Sam law, Stanford University, Subdural hematoma, Time served.

Abusive head trauma

Abusive head trauma (AHT), commonly known as shaken baby syndrome (SBS), is an injury to a child's head caused by someone else.

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American English

American English (AmE, AE, AmEng, USEng, en-US), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Au pair

An au pair (plural: au pairs) is a domestic assistant from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family.

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Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world.

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Barry Scheck

Barry Charles Scheck (born September 19, 1949) is an American lawyer.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital (called Children's Hospital Boston until 2012) is a 395-licensed-bed children's hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts.

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British English

British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom.

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Capital punishment in Massachusetts

Capital punishment in Massachusetts was a legal form of punishment from 1620 to 1984.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Child abuse

Child abuse or child maltreatment is physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or other caregiver.

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Coma

Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awaken; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle; and does not initiate voluntary actions.

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Default (law)

In law, a default is the failure to do something required by law or to appear at a required time in legal proceedings.

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District attorney

In the United States, a district attorney (DA) is the chief prosecutor for a local government area, typically a county.

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Dropping out

Dropping out means leaving high school, college, university or another group for practical reasons, necessities, or disillusionment with the system from which the individual in question leaves.

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EF Education First

EF Education First (abbreviated as EF) is an international education company that specializes in language training, educational travel, academic degree programs, and cultural exchange.

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Elton, Cheshire

Elton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Gerard Leone

Gerard T. Leone Jr., known informally as Gerry Leone, served as the District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013.

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Hiller B. Zobel

Hiller B. Zobel (born 1932) is an Associate Justice (retired) of the Superior Court of Massachusetts and author or coauthor of several books on various legal topics, including the Boston Massacre and John Adams.

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In utero

In utero is a Latin term literally meaning "in the womb" or "in the uterus".

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Innocence Project

The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal organization that is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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Latin dance

Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon.

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Lesser included offense

In criminal law, a lesser included offense is a crime for which all of the elements necessary to impose liability are also elements found in a more serious crime.

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List of pathologists

A list of people notable in the field of pathology.

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London South Bank University

London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Newington, London.

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body in both health and disease.

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.

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Martha Coakley

Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is a former Attorney General of Massachusetts.

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Martin Bashir

Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British journalist.

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Murder of Krim siblings

Lucia and Leo Krim, ages 6 and 2, respectively, were murdered in the late afternoon of October 25, 2012, at the La Rochelle apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Murder of Kristie Fischer

On December 1, 1991, three-month old baby Kristie Fischer died in a house fire in Thornwood, New York.

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Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery, or neurological surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.

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Newton, Massachusetts

Newton is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Oldham

Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester.

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Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.

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Panorama (TV series)

Panorama is a BBC Television investigative current affairs documentary programme.

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Polygraph

A polygraph, popularly referred to as a lie detector, measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions.

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Radiology

Radiology is the science that uses medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes also treat diseases within the body.

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Retinal haemorrhage

Retinal hemorrhage is a disorder of the eye in which bleeding occurs into the light sensitive tissue on the back wall of the eye.

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Retro Report

Retro Report is a non-profit news organization that produces mini documentaries looking back on the biggest stories from the past to see how they affect today's news.

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Son of Sam law

A Son of Sam law is a US English term for any law designed to keep criminals from profiting from the publicity of their crimes, often by selling their stories to publishers.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Subdural hematoma

A subdural hematoma (SDH), is a type of hematoma, usually associated with traumatic brain injury.

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Time served

In criminal law, "time served" describes a sentence where the defendant is credited immediately after the guilty verdict with the time spent in remand awaiting trial.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Woodward_case

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