Tag: JULIE AMERO

Great day in the morning. Julie Amero -- formerly convicted pop-up porn teacher -- won a motion for a new trial under the order of Superior Court Judge Hillary B. Strackbein. State's Attorney Mark Smith -- who was responsible for Amero's previous conviction -- says the state will likely hold no position on Amero's retrial, making it very unlikely that she will stand trial again. The judge ruled ...

Oh brother, this is getting to be routine. Julie Amero has hung in limbo since January waiting for the Connecticut DA to either put up ( and put her away for up to 40 years ) or shut up and let her return to picking up the pieces of her shattered life. Her conviction on 4 felony counts came after an unprotected classroom computer running Windows 98 began spewing porn pop-ups. The continuous ...

Julie Amero gets a break, but where is this train headed? Convicted porn pop-up teacher Julie Amero's sentencing, which had been due to take place tomorrow, has been postponed once again. The Hartford Courant reports that the state's attorney gave no reason in asking for the delay. Increasing international press, driven by attention from the blogosphere has put quite a bit of pressure on state ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Things_may_change_for_Porn_Pop_up_teacher'; After weeks of e-mails and bad press discrediting the District Attorney's prosecution of the case, the tide may be turning for So-called porn pop-up teacher Julie Amero. According to Hartford Courant reporter Rick Green the DA may be thinking about backing down from his shameless attack on Amero, her character and ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2007/03/08/conn-profs-urge-deeper-investigation-in-porn-pop-up-case/'; We've been watching the case of "porn pop-up teacher" Julie Amero with stunned amazement. Officials from the lowest to highest levels of Connecticut government have managed to choreograph the perfect comedy of errors, leaving Mrs. Amero's career in shambles and her dignity ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Julie_Amero_sentencing_postponed_Norwich_expert_speaks'; Julie Amero, the substitute school teacher convicted of being an internet n00b in a classroom with a severely outdated and unmaintained computer has had a brief, non-permanent reprieve from her sentencing on four felony counts. The hearing to decide her fate, which could see her spending up to 40 ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Malware_victim_faces_jailtime_Write_Connecticut_s_Governor'; You've probably read of Julie Amero's unbelievable malware misfortune. The substitute teacher was working at a Norwich, Connecticut school in 2004 when the classroom computer began spewing porn pop-ups in front of a room full of pupils. The result; Amero was arrested and charged with four counts of ...