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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-06-06

UPDATE -- A Connecticut judge granted on Wednesday a new trial for substitute teacher Julie Amero, according to media reports, saying that information discovered after her conviction has direct bearing on whether she is responsible for risking harm to her students when pornographic pop-ups appeared on a classroom computer.

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-06
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)
It appears that a forensic examination done by the state's own crime lab directly contradicted the police detective's claims:

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hcu-amerotrial-0606,0,4739321.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

"The judge cited a forensic computer analysis conducted by the state police...

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Re: Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-07-10
Anonymous
Good god, the issue of pop-ups in the internet history is Forensics 101 crap. This is typical of a police department sending a technically inept investigator to a beginning Encase class and then having him testify as a "forensics expert." This is exactly why the FBI maintains Regional Forensics Labo...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-06
Neal Krawetz (1 replies)
I wonder how soon before a lawsuit based on the damage to her reputation and occupation. (Even if there is no second trial, I doubt the school district would consider her as a substitute teacher any more.)

Let's see... she could sue the school district, the school, and the principal. And don't ...

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Re: Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-11
tfg13
Neal, if I remember correctly, she also had a miscarriage while the trial was being ramped up. How do you put a price tag on that (I think they "should" try)?...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-07
Anonymous
Microsoft should cover her legal expenses....

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-07
Anonymous
Was school's Systems administrator dead already?

He is the one responsible for this.

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-07
Robert Zukauskas
Thank god someone had the personal fortitude to stand up for this poor women and help. If this had turned badly, god knows what would have happen to the teaching profession. This goes to show the "goodness" in people when they see an injustice done and band together....

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-07
Rob
It's about time this woman got some good news. I fully support her if he decides to hang someone over this. I would love to see the justice department in that state hanged over this. They abused their power and ignored the truth, rather blatantly. They turned this into a witch hunt from day one ...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-08
Anonymous
It's a crime in itself that it took so long for someone to challenge the highly questionable evidence used against Ms. Amero and the incompetence of the investigation and the judge who presided over the original trial. ...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-09
Anon (1 replies)
I used to work for a school system. I found that the LAN/System Administrator did not want to hear about lax security which was in place. I was told the money didn't exist. It did, he just wanted to spend it on crap. If the admin in this case was the same as the one I worked with we can apply the ph...

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Re: Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-11
Anonymouse
That's not just in schools. You'll find many companies act that way too....

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-10
Anonymous
The article makes it sound like this 'new' evidence became available after the first conviction. As I recall, it was available but the defense expert witness was not allowed to present it because the prosecution didn't understand it - even though just about anyone using internet explorer in that ti...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-12
Anonymous
There goes the credibility of the "expert" testimony.......

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2007-06-17
vignor
the new haven d/i unit should focus on who set this this lady up... the lady is a stand-up lady...

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2008-11-25
Xim1970
If this "computer scientist" is what Connecticut considers a "computer forensic scientist", I'd like to apply for a job. Sure, I'm just a graphic designer, but I've WORKED with computers......

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Judge nixes teacher's conviction on porn pop-ups 2008-12-04
Banamine
Yet, we find it ironic that people who are offended by nude bodies are seemingly unaffected by the number of dead ones created with their tax dollars,...

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