tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895542292550619980.post886350728048598995..comments2013-04-24T22:08:06.762-07:00Comments on Cosmo-NB: Julie Amero – Substitute TeacherCosmo.NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890751050220766655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895542292550619980.post-47134110933348222212008-11-11T22:56:00.000-08:002008-11-11T22:56:00.000-08:00Well said.Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895542292550619980.post-9243114267735029742007-02-19T18:57:00.000-08:002007-02-19T18:57:00.000-08:00Petitioning bad people to do good rarely works. Y...Petitioning bad people to do good rarely works. You need to have the bad people investigated.<BR/><BR/>Sample letter:<BR/><BR/>Connecticut State Bar<BR/>30 Bank Street<BR/>PO Box 350<BR/>New Britain CT 06050-0350<BR/>Phone: (860) 223-4400<BR/>Fax: (860) 223-4488<BR/><BR/>Dear sir/madam,<BR/><BR/>I request you launch an immediate investigation into the actions of State's Attorney David Smith as per the case of Julie Amero. He has made numerous false statements to the press, the jury, and the judge in this case. Such misconduct is wrong and needs to be immediately investigated by your office.<BR/><BR/>In one such false statement, State's Attorney David Smith reportedly told the jury, "You have to physically click on it to get to those sites," when referring to the web sites that showed up on Ms. Amero's computer. Other times he went further, and suggested not only that Amero clicked on the web site links (URLs), but that she physically typed them in.<BR/><BR/>The CEO of the maker of the forensic software that Norwich Police Detective Mark Lounsbury used to examine Julie Amero's computer stated that, while the software can find all sorts of files and images, including deleted images or images in unallocated disk space, by keyword or by filetype, [it] does not determine the cause of those files being on the computer (whether caused by malware, intrusion, or direct and willful use), and that it is not the function of [the software] to make that determination." In other words, the software cannot show if Ms. Amero clicked on anything nor typed anything in.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, both the detective (Mark Lounsbury) and the prosecutor (David Smith) were unequivocal in their statements to the press and the jury that the forensic evidence demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that the substitute teacher deliberately "typed in" the porn sites. They knew these statements were false, and yet they made them anyway.<BR/><BR/>Norwich Police Detective Mark Lounsbury has gone further, though. He reportedly also said that he can differentiate between what is and what is not a pop-up based on the source codes [sic]. There is absolutely no factual basis for this claim.<BR/><BR/>There is no room in our legal system for misrepresentation of the facts by prosecutors. Ignorance of computer forensic evidence is no excuse for falsely convicting an innocent person. The statements David Smith made are all false, and are not backed-up by the evidence. To make such an assertion to win a case is wrong, it is prosecutorial misconduct of the severest form, and is therefore cause for disbarment.<BR/><BR/>In addition we will be petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the actions of the State's Attorney, David Smith, and Norwich Police Detective Mark Lounsbury in this matter.MarkKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974600132039102305noreply@blogger.com