TheRegister.UK November 24th, 2008

Local prosecutors refused to admit mistakes had been made in the case despite a wealth of evidence from computer security experts, even after the trial judge ordered a retrial. This bodes ill if something similar ever crops up again.

Wired.com November 24th, 2008

But if a soon-to-be released forensic report (.pdf) about her hard drive is accurate, Amero's guilty plea is hardly justice -- since the school computer had adware, the anti-virus software on the computer had been discontinued, and the technical testimony at her trial was amateurish and flawed.

Huffington Post November 24th, 2008

The truth is in fact, he ruined a woman's life over a computer virus.  Prosecutor Michael Regan literally took Julie Amero's career from her, took her health, took her right to justice.  All presumably to make an example of her, and a name for himself.