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		Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y Matthew Eappen, meet Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman Compassion for whom? For Louise? For a defendant who didn't ask for compassion? For a defendant who didn't take responsibility, who denies what she did, who is in denial about the seriousness of her actions? ... What is Judge Zobel thinking? What does that say about justice? Does it say that you can kill a baby, and that your youth and inexperience with cranky babies counts for more than a child's life? -- Dr. Deborah Eappen, mother of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen, the victim of "involuntary manslaughter" at the hands of British au pair Louise Woodward, according to Judge Hiller Zobel. From: "Reduced sentence stuns Eappens," in the Boston Globe. SALON | Nov. 12, 1997