Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Julie Amero Sentencing Friday

Speaking of horrific miscarriages of justice. The sentencing of Julie Amero has again been delayed till Friday. Amero is the teacher in Connecticut who was arrested when an adware-infected computer started showing porn pop-up images in a classroom in which she was substituting. She faces up to 40 years in prison. NYT story here and here's an excerpted comment from Andy Carvin at Learning Now.

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Does Sentencing Delay Mean a Possible Reprieve for Julie Amero?

Julie Amero, the Connecticut substitute teacher facing a controversial 40-year prison sentence for exposing her students to online pornography, has once again had her sentencing delayed. Might the delay be a sign that prosecutors are reconsidering the evidence that led to her conviction?
As I’ve reported on several occasions since the beginning of this year, educator Julie Amero has been living a nightmare ever since being charged, and later convicted, of allowing students to see adult-oriented images on a computer in her classroom. Amero’s conviction shocked many educators, bloggers and Internet experts, many of whom believed that she was a victim of circumstances - namely, malicious malware that popped up on a computer screen, which was allowed to get through because the school’s Internet filters weren’t working properly that day.

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