BRIAN JENKINS, FORMER CNN CORRESPONDENT: Louise Woodward was a young woman from England who had come to New England to work as an au pair. Louise was left to care for an 8-month-old baby, Matthew Eappen, and she was accused of having slammed the child's head against the bathroom floor.</s>LOUISE WOODWARD: I'm not responsible for his death. I didn't kill Matthew Eappen.</s>JENKINS: There was a great deal of speculation as to which way the jury would go. Many people felt that the jury would find it difficult to believe that this young woman had intentionally harmed the child and would find it difficult to send her to prison with a guilty verdict. So when the jury forewoman stood up and read the verdict, guilty of second degree murder, there was a hush over the courtroom and dead silence for a second or two, and then the most piercing wail I have ever heard came from the mouth of Louise Woodward. Of course, the judge within days had reduced the verdict to involuntary manslaughter and released Louise Woodward on time served. She had served, I believe, about 9 months in prison at that point.
CNN 20: Louise Woodward Convicted, October 30, 1997