Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial

LazloHollyfeld writes "A New London Superior court judge this morning granted a defense request seeking a new trial for Julie Amero, the former Norwich middle school substitute teacher convicted of exposing her middle school students to Internet porn. Acting on a motion by Amero's attorney, William Dow III, Judge Hillary Strackbein placed the case back on a trial list. Amero had faced 40 years on the conviction of four counts of risk of injury to a minor. State prosecutor David Smith confirmed that further forensic examination at the state crime lab of Amero's classroom computer revealed "some erroneous information was presented during the trial. Amero and her defense team claimed she was the victim of pop-up ads — something that was out of her control. Judge Strackbein said because of the possibility of inaccurate facts, Amero was "entitled to a new trial in the interest of justice." After the brief court appearance, a smiling Amero stood next to her attorney. "I feel very comfortable with the decision," Amero said. Dow commended the state for investigating the case further. A new court date has yet to be scheduled. Amero has reentered a not guilty plea."

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While This Criminal Keeps Avoiding His:

[Anonymous Coward]

Trial.

Regards,
K.

She should lose her teaching license

[harlows_monkeys]

She should at least lose her teaching license. Regardless of how the porn got onto the computer, her handling of the situation after that was grossly incompetent for a teacher. She could have simply covered the monitor. An elementary school classroom would have plenty of items available to allow that (construction paper, tape). She could have sent the kids to the playground or cafeteria or assembly room. She could have effectively sought help. (She did seek help, but all she said was there was a pop-up problem. She did not say that they were inappropriate pop-ups). If there was no place to send the kids and she did not want to leave them along while seeking help, she could have brough them with her.

Many stories on the net portray this as if there were some pop-ups, and a couple kids got a glance at them, briefly. In fact, the pop-ups were appearing for several hours, and the kids were exposed to them for several hours. That in all that time she could not come up with a single effective way to deal with the situation shows that she is totally unable to deal with being in charge of children. I'd hate to see how she would do in a medical emergency or a natural disaster or a fire.

Re:She should lose her teaching license

[larpon]

And you should lose your credibility.

How the fuck can you think about even the smallest possibility of firing someone because of that?
When do you people get it?
PORNO, SEX, FLESH, CREAM PIES and even BUTTHOLE SURFERS Does not harm children..
nor does it harm you or anyone else...

Yes, you can take everything to the extreme.. and sex between two (or even more) human beings or even animals, can be harmful for the involved.. But it does not harm you as the fucking (no pun intended) viewer...
I've never understood these points of view.. and probably never will...

Everyone should be allowed to watch sex.. have lust.. get inspiration and what have we... including children

If you're so afraid of sex.. Can you convince yourself to even breed?

Open letter to America

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear America,

Your country is completely fucked. Please get off your fat asses and do something about your completely fucking insane government.

Regards,

!America.

Re:40 years?!?

[Detritus]

It is also no longer a crime in most countries to have religious beliefs that oppose that of the government. "Most countries" doesn't include countries under Islamic rule or influence. You can forget about freedom of religion or conscience, it's their way or a bullet in the head.