The couple whose baby boy was fatally injured while under the care of a British au pair have a new son.

Deborah Eappen gave birth Monday to a 7-pound, 8-ounce baby she and her husband, Sunil, named Kevin.The Eappens' son Matthew died last year at 8 months old. Prosecutors said he was fatally shaken by au pair Louise Woodward.

A judge tossed out a jury's second-degree murder verdict, reducing Woodward's conviction to manslaughter and sentencing her to the 279 days she had served since her arrest.

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The case has been appealed by both prosecutors and the defense and is awaiting a ruling from the state's highest court.

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