40 Years in Prison for Pop-Ups

Teacher Didn't Know How to Stop Them

[jk3210]

Wow, I know some judges and prosecutors are computer illiterate, but this is beyond belief...

Julie Amero, a substitute teacher in Norwich, Connecticut, has been convicted of impairing the morals of a child and risking injury to a minor by exposing as many as ten seventh-grade students to porn sites.

The story is short: On October, 19, 2004, Amero was a substitute teacher for a seventh-grade language class at Kelly Middle School. A few students were crowded around a PC; some were giggling. She investigated and saw the kids looking at a barrage of graphic, hard-core pornographic pop-ups.

The prosecution contended that she had used the computer to visit porn sites...

The defense said that wasn't true and argued that the machine was infested with spyware and malware, and that opening the browser caused the computer to go into an endless loop of pop-ups leading to porn sites...

Here... [blogs.pcworld.com]

[maccas]

wow that is scary, I read about the case a week or so ago but never would of thought she would be found guilty. I really hope someone with a bit of grey matter and clout steps in.

"Won't someone think of the children", is getting out of hand.

[jdMorgan]

Previously mentioned here: [webmasterworld.com...]

Jim