Prosecution Unsure on Au Pair Ruling

Prosecutors said they had not decided whether to fight if British au pair Louise Woodward’s murder conviction is reduced to manslaughter. Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel invited both sides to argue this week whether he should reduce her second-degree murder conviction to manslaughter, dismiss the verdict or order a new trial. The prosecution said it was only flexible on the issue of a verdict reduction. Woodward, 19, has denied killing an 8-month-old boy in a fit of frustration. The verdict and mandatory life sentence stunned her supporters on both sides of the Atlantic.