Female teacher sentenced to 40 years in prison for opening adult site popup



A female teacher at an American school is facing a 40-year prison sentence after prosecutors found her morally responsible for a pop-up window that opened on her computer during class, leading 10 students to an adult website.

The details of how this unexpected incident occurred are as follows:
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The story takes place in Norwich, Connecticut. On October 19, 2004, substitute teacher Julie Amero was teaching a seventh-grade language arts class at Kelly Middle School when she noticed several students gathered around a computer giggling. Amero investigated and discovered that a barrage of hardcore pornographic pop-up windows were opening.

The prosecution argued that Amero was visiting pornographic websites because she was using the computer, but the defense argued that this was not true, that the computer was infested with spyware and malware, and that the spyware was simply opening pop-up windows for pornographic sites, and that Amero was not guilty.

She then refused to accept the plea bargain, and as a result, the prosecution is seeking a 40-year prison sentence. The verdict is scheduled for March 2nd of this year.

in Education,   Note, Posted by darkhorse