Julie Amero Gets New Trial!!!

This was bullsh%$ from the beginning. The school did not update its filters, and she was told not to turn off her computer under any circumstances.

There appears to be prosecutorial misconduct too.

Hat tip to Lindsay Beyerstein. She really was the person who got coverage of this.

Of course, the poor woman is still out legal fees, and a child. The stress of the trial led to a miscarriage.

TheDay.com - Substitute Teacher Gets New Trial on Porn Charges
By Karen Florin Published on 6/6/2007

A New London Superior court judge this morning overturned the conviction of Julie Amero, who was found guilty of exposing Norwich schoolchildren to pornography on a computer, and has granted Amero a new trial.

Judge Hillary Strackbein said the state had conducted further forensic information that the jury had not heard at the trial. The information, according to defense experts, was that the computer had generated pornographic popups and that Amero, a substitute teacher, was not at fault. Amero had been convicted of four counts of risk of injury to a minor and faced up to 40 years in prison.

She has has been the subject of national attention as of result of the conviction, and seemed relieved after Attorney William Dow explained the judge's ruling.

"I have a great team behind me and I feel very comfortable with the rulings," she said before getting into a car with her husband and leaving.

"It was a porn trap," said Chip Neville, a retired computer sciences professor who had petitioned the office of the Chief State's Attorney to review the verdict.

"We're all exposed to this. We wander into the wrong site innocently."