Technology and Our Legal System

There are technological issues that our legal system has been unable to cope with. One of them is malware, as shown by the outrageous case of Julie Amero, a substitute teacher that was convicted of various crimes because of malware in the school equipment she was using. The facts, from my viewpoint, are very clear and she is not guilty. If anyone should be convicted and sentenced it maybe the school computer network administrators for not protecting the school equipment properly. Or perhaps they should convict everyone at Microsoft for not building enough protection into Windows. They should definitely convict every malware writer that has used weaknesses in Windows and Internet Explorer to hurt everyone's computer experience. But Julie Amero should have never endured the unfair punishment she has already made to suffer -- and the prospect of her spending 40 years in jail for something she did not do makes me sick to my stomach. There is a blog that has contact information of those involved in the case. The transcripts are also available online. I think it is only fair that we all voice our outrage at this travesty of justice! Please support Ms. Amero in anyway you can.