Dragonbite
November 25th, 2008, 09:55 PM
...agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, pay a $100 fine, and surrendered her teaching license, according to the Hartford Courant. The ordeal left her hospitalized for stress and heart problems, the report said.
The Superior Court judge in Norwich on Friday tossed out the charges that she had endangered children by intentionally causing "pop-up" pornography to display on her computer and ordered a new trial after computer forensics experts presented evidence about the spyware. Judge Hillary B. Strackbein said the conviction was based on "erroneous" and "false information."
Despite the expert evidence, and the fact that state prosecutors never conducted a forensic examination of the hard drive, New London County State's Attorney Michael Regan said he remained convinced of Amero's guilt and was prepared to take the case to trial again.
The security expert who led a team of forensic volunteers in the case is outraged that officials are dismissing the evidence about the dangers of spyware.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10107743-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10107743-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)
Is this an outrage or what?! Anybody have any insight?
The Superior Court judge in Norwich on Friday tossed out the charges that she had endangered children by intentionally causing "pop-up" pornography to display on her computer and ordered a new trial after computer forensics experts presented evidence about the spyware. Judge Hillary B. Strackbein said the conviction was based on "erroneous" and "false information."
Despite the expert evidence, and the fact that state prosecutors never conducted a forensic examination of the hard drive, New London County State's Attorney Michael Regan said he remained convinced of Amero's guilt and was prepared to take the case to trial again.
The security expert who led a team of forensic volunteers in the case is outraged that officials are dismissing the evidence about the dangers of spyware.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10107743-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10107743-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)
Is this an outrage or what?! Anybody have any insight?