[beaversmom]

So were the Ameraults.

This sounds familiar.

Wasn't there a prominent Dem woman involved in this case?

Yep, there was. Found it:

Gerald Amirault on Martha Coakley

Martha Coakley. Funny what the old brain retains.

[Fido969]

Coakley ran for high office, and refused to apologize for the gross miscarriage of justice she oversaw.

As such, she is the perfect Demoncrat.