Re: The Julie Amero situation

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 1/28/07, Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:

> Sentencing is on March 2nd, and a number of concerned industry folks are
> lobbying on her behalf. (A lot of work is also going in to getting her
> good pro bono representation for the appeals process. But the appeals
> process can be an iffy one itself.)
>
> We have been very active on this case, talking to the defense, the
> prosecution, the expert forensic witness and Julie herself.  To us, it's
> clear this is a grave miscarriage of justice.  Due to some legal
> technicalities, quite a bit of exonerating evidence (such as the fact
> that the machine was loaded with spyware) was not allowed as testimony
> in the trial.  There was also false testimony in the trial (such as the
> statement that "Julie had to have navigated to these sites").  The
> police used inadequate software for their analysis (ComputerCops
> Professional) and seem to continue to stick by their story that Julie
> navigated to these sites, despite all the physical evidence pointing to
> the fact that these were popups.

The good news is that if these allegations are true she should have a
very good chance at an appeal - and with the support she is now
getting she should win it.
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