The former Kelly Middle School substitute teacher, Julie Amera, from Norwich, Connecticut, who was previously convicted on four counts of risk of injury to a minor, has been granted a new trial after contradicting evidence was brought to Judge Hillary B. Strackbein’s attention.

Julie Amero was facing a maximum of 40 years in prison for allowing her students, on October 19, 2004, to view pornography on a classroom computer; the pornographic content displayed to the students was manifested in the form of pop-up ads, something that was clearly beyond the teacher’s control.

Amero was initially convicted on January 5th, at which time her sentencing was postponed to May 18 until being postponed again to June 6.

Prosecutors did not oppose the defense’s request for a new trial, which was successfully granted by Judge Hillary B. Strackbein, who noted that evidence presented by the state’s computer expert contradicted that of the state’s computer laboratory.

Strackbein added that the jury may have made their decision based on that faulty information. At this time, Amero’s new trial date has not been set.

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Entry was posted on Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pm under Adult content, Legal.

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