Was Julie Amero wrongly convicted?
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Mouse-trapped Comment Substitute teacher Julie Amero faces up to 40 years in prison for exposing kids to porn using a classroom computer, but the facts strongly suggest that she was wrongfully convicted. Many issues remain, from the need for an independent computer forensics investigation and the presence of spyware and adware on the machine, to bad or incomplete legal work on both sides of this criminal case.â¦
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Guilty until proven innocent Also in this week's column:â¦
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. A 19-year-old Missouri woman has been found innocent of trying to help a former NHL player hire a hit man in a failed plot to kill his agent.
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Andrea Yates' murder convictions for drowning her children should be overturned because the state's expert witness gave false testimony about working on an episode of "Law and Order," her attorneys told a state appeals court Tuesday.
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Michael Wilbon is wrong [Sports, Aug. 22]. Paul Hamm should turn in his gold medal, which he did not earn. The judges&#39; clerical error had no effect on how Paul Hamm or Yang Tae Young performed, and the correction can be made after the fact.
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An article last Sunday about the suicide of Megan Meier, who was the target of a hoax on MySpace, referred incorrectly to statements made by Lori Drew, a neighbor, through her lawyer. She has denied creating the MySpace page used in the hoax and has denied knowledge of the final messages, which are a suspected cause of Ms. Meierâs suicide; she has not denied knowing about the ongoing hoax.
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The polygamist "prophet" is found guilty of accessory to rape, a victory for a novel legal tactic focusing on child abuse
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Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty of being an accomplice to rape by using his religious authority to push a 14-year-old girl into marriage. Elissa Wall, who testified about being a child wife, said after the verdict: "This has not been about religion or a vendetta. It was simply about child abuse."
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Julie Amero's guilty verdict is set aside following new evidence that a police computer expert provided fishy testimony.
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Troy Davis, sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of a police officer, gets time to make his case that he was wrongly convicted
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TORONTO (CP) - Jurors convicted an innocent man of murder on the basis of an absurd Crown theory, a key witness whose testimony changed under hypnosis and the strong likelihood the real criminal was notorious sex killer Paul Bernardo, Ontario's highest court heard Wednesday.
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A former top executive at Cendant Corp. was convicted yesterday of fraud and other charges, but jurors could not reach a decision about the role of another executive in the case.
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A former gynecologist accused of sexual abuse by dozens of women he treated in suburban clinics was charged Wednesday with rape and insurance fraud. Charles Momah, 48, faces a maximum 23 years in prison if convicted of seven felony counts against him. He surrendered to police in suburban Federal Way and was to be arraigned Thursday.
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After facing 40 years in jail for her response to a spyware infection, middle school teacher Julie Amero has been granted a new trial.
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An Egyptian who allegedly bragged that he masterminded the 2004 Madrid terror bombings that killed 191 people was acquitted of all charges Wednesday by a Spanish court. At least four others were convicted of murder, culminating a divisive trial over Europe's worst Islamic militant attack.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- In an Aug. 15 story about Michael Jackson, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a judge denied a sheriff&#39;s request to release results of a state probe into allegations that authorities manhandled the ...
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[Hollywood News] Washington, Sept 30 : Dawnette Knight, who is facing trial on 25 felony counts of allegedly stalking actress Catherine Zeta- Jones&#39; has pleaded innocent at her arraignment.