Matthew's parents, Sunil and Deborah Eappen, are both physicians. This also brought out tensions about working motherhood and pursuing careers selfishly, as some have alleged. This was not the case of a mother like other mothers who absolutely has to have a person taking care of her child. This was a person well off. People view her as putting her ambition before her care of the child.
Opinion polls show most people disagreeing with the verdict.
Woodward's supporters in England have started a letter-writing campaign, and Zobel has received hundreds of angry phone calls. Ultimately the jury did not find Louise to be credible. Had they found her to be credible, they couldn't possibly return the verdict they did. It doesn't matter - what juries do is watch very carefully and listen and make a judgment about demeanor, the way you come across, and ultimately they felt she wasn't credible. My feeling was she was smirking some of the time.