, 2007-02-12
Substitute teacher Julie Amero faces up to 40 years in prison for exposing kids to porn using a classroom computer, but the facts strongly suggest that she was wrongfully convicted. Many issues remain, from the need for an independent computer forensics investigation and the presence of spyware and adware on the machine, to bad or incomplete legal work on both sides of this criminal case.
ElC0chin0
I think what Mark identifies here is something I've had some heart burn with for several years regarding "computer forensics".
First of all some of the software used is solely for "law enforcement" use. This means that a defendant probably won't be able to analyze the media...
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