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Julie Amero granted motion for new trial, off the hook
Great day in the morning. Julie Amero -- formerly convicted pop-up porn teacher -- won a motion for a new trial under the order of Superior Court Judge Hillary B. Strackbein. State's Attorney Mark Smith -- who was responsible for Amero's previous conviction -- says the state will likely hold no position on Amero's retrial, making it very unlikely that she will stand trial again. The judge ruled that in Amero's previous trial Norwich police computer "expert" Mark Loundsbury offered "erroneous" testimony -- something tech publications have been screaming from the tops of hills for months -- and said that the jury may have relied in part on that error to convict Amero.
William F. Dow, an attorney who came late to the Amero trial and worked pro-bono after hearing about the miscarriage of justice that was her previous trial, filed a motion for a new hearing this morning. In his corner was a new forensic report on the PC in question which was performed after the guilty verdict had been handed down.
Judge Strackbein also admonished bloggers -- like us! -- who've been vigilant in declaring Amero's innocence stating that blogs and blog writers had tried to "improperly influence" the court. Funny, when you think about it. What's more improper than failing to perform a real forensic analisys on the machine prior to trial, depending on the testimony of an "expert" who couldn't tie his shoes and denying the defendant the right to defend herself by suppressing her evidence? We'll agree to disagree with Strackbein on this point but, we're ecstatic that Julie has every chance of walking away from this a free woman. Justice 1, Norwich School System 0
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
