Julie Amero

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Charge:	Risk of injury to minor
Sentence:	Released Without Sentencing
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Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	New London
City of Crime:	Norwich
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Julie Amero was wrongly convicted on January 5, 2007 of four counts of risk of injury to a minor when she was a substitute teacher of a seventh-grade language class at Kelly Middle School in Norwich, Connecticut. She faced up to 40 years in prison. Julie Amero was a substitute teacher in a 7th grade class when pornographic pop-ups began appearing on the screen of the classroom computer. Amero tried to stop the pop-ups but they continued. She covered the screen, but several students still saw some of the pop-ups. Amero claimed they just started, but the prosecution contended she was looking at porn sites, which she denied. After her conviction by a jury, computer experts around the world became aware of her case, and after analysis of the computer by the Connecticut State Patrol, which wasn't done before her trial, the State Patrol determined the pop-ups were caused by malicious spyware that infected the computer before Amero ever had access to the computer. After multiple delays of Amero's sentencing, the trial judge overturned her conviction on June 6, 2007, based on the new evidence that the jury relied on false testimony. The felony pornography related charges were dismissed on November 21, 2008. To resolve the case Amero pled guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and payment of a $100 fine. She also forfeited her teaching credentials."
Conviction Caused By:	"A policeman, who was not a computer expert, falsely testified that the pop-ups must have been installed on the computer by Amero visiting porn sites."
Innocence Proved By:	"The trial judge overturned Julie Amero's conviction on June 6, 2007, based on the new evidence that the jury relied on false testimony. The felony pornography related charges were dismissed on November 21, 2008."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Porn Case - Ducking For Cover, By Rick Green, Hartford Courant, May 18, 2007"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.courant.com/news/local/columnists/hc-rgreen0518.artmay18,0,418792.column?coll=hc-utility-local"
Information Source 2:	"Connecticut drops felony charges against Julie Amero, four years after her arrest, By Rick Green (staff), Hartford Courant (CT), November 21, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2008/11/connecticut-drops-felony-charg.html
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Julie Amero

Charge:

Risk of injury to minor

Sentence:

Released Without Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

New London

City of Crime:

Norwich

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"A policeman, who was not a computer expert, falsely testified that the pop-ups must have been installed on the computer by Amero visiting porn sites."

Innocence Proved By:

"The trial judge overturned Julie Amero's conviction on June 6, 2007, based on the new evidence that the jury relied on false testimony. The felony pornography related charges were dismissed on November 21, 2008."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Porn Case - Ducking For Cover, By Rick Green, Hartford Courant, May 18, 2007"

Information Location 1:

"http://www.courant.com/news/local/columnists/hc-rgreen0518.artmay18,0,418792.column?coll=hc-utility-local"

Information Source 2:

"Connecticut drops felony charges against Julie Amero, four years after her arrest, By Rick Green (staff), Hartford Courant (CT), November 21, 2008"

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http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2008/11/connecticut-drops-felony-charg.html

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