Teacher convicted in porn case in which she is accused of surfing porn on a computer in a classroom. The reality is that the computer hadn't had its security software updated in YEARS and was ridden with malware, spyware and pop-up garbage.
Julie Amero is being scapegoated because the school didn't do its job in keeping the machines safe. She should have turned off the monitor or tossed a jacket over the screen but she's a self-admitted computer noob and she probably started freaking out.
Her conviction should be overturned and the school should be held for exposing the kids to pron by not keeping their machines properly patched and clean of spyware.
Rule #37 is Do Not Scapegoat Innocent People.
[Update: The Register in the UK does a really good job of exploring all the nuances here and I learned quite a bit more about Ms. Amero. I did not know that she surfed the web all day long when she should have been teaching. I didn't know she reported it to the assistant principal who told her not to worry about it. She was a bad substitute teacher but that doesn't mean she deserves 40 years behind bars for being a bad sub.]
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