State V. Amero
A Miscarriage of Justice

WP: Buggy Justice in Connecticut

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This entry was posted on 3/2/2007 4:44 PM and is filed under media,Other Voices.

Washington Post - Technology
Rob Pegoraro
March 2, 2007


Ever gone to the wrong Web site by mistake, then thanked the deity of your choice that you were able to back out of there before any coworkers noticed? If you'd done that in a school in Norwich, Conn., you might be facing 40 years in jail.

No joke: Substitute elementary schoolteacher Julia Amero was convicted on Jan. 5 of four counts of "Risk of Injury to a Minor" for exposing a classroom of middle schoolers to pornographic images on her computer on Oct. 19, 2004. She faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in jail and was due to be sentenced today, but on Monday, Superior Court Judge Hillary Strackbein postponed her sentencing to March 29.


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