Up to 40 years for porn????

[Endrik]

so what is the crime here?

[danastas]

The crime is that the prosecutor, judge and jury do not understand the internet. Not only that, the teacher herself was a little dense.

The court did not understand what a pop-up was. During the teacher's case, her lawyer fell asleep on the job and didn't contest the evidence submitted which showed that the teacher was showing porn to students, and that even after the porn was found on her computer, she didn't shut it down, and students continued to view it. This is what the jury heard. That's why they found her guilty. Her lawer was incapable of showing that her computer had been taken over by malware.

Of course the teacher herself was dense in that she didn't shut down the computer or at least turned off the monitor. This is a monumental mixup that can only be righted by an appeal of the original verdict.

[SlasZ]

I know she was not convicted to 40 years but in what category did they do this trail? Child abuse? Homicide? I can't imagine the maximum penalty for showing inappropriate pictures to youngsters is 40 years... Did they consider this 'crime' the same as pedophilism or something?

[Endrik]

so some kids saw some porn.... still I don't see what's all the buzz

[5074charvel]

so some kids saw some porn.... still I don't see what's all the buzz

Endrik, have you been to the US?

[Endrik]

Endrik, have you been to the US?

I know what you mean dude but to answer to your question.. no... but I'm going pretty soon... to Cali though... it's not as uptight as the other places as I've heard.

[Cleveland Metal]

Seems we have more pressing issues to attend to than this sort of BS. Much more pressing. But our leaders use crap like this to divert us from the real issues...

[sevser]

Why aren't they going after the people responsible for the actual POPUPS???

[Pigsnatcher]

Why aren't they going after the people responsible for the actual POPUPS???

See this is what I've been saying. My wife and I have had a similar conversation before. Basically if I was at work on an internet site that was for work but had a pop-up that was inappropriate and someone saw, what if I was to be fired over this. Could I sue who was responsiable for the pop up, my company. To me the internet is a scary thing. We fight to keep it uncencored and unregulated but we are then held responsiable for what is out there. I don't know the details of this case but I can't imagine she herself did anything wrong. I would have to agree and say that the pop-up is most directly responsible but have we heard anything about it. The internet is no fun anymore!

[Pigsnatcher]

Here it is again, don't know what is up with that!!!!!!!
See this is what I've been saying. My wife and I have had a similar conversation before. Basically if I was at work on an internet site that was for work but had a pop-up that was inappropriate and someone saw, what if I was to be fired over this. Could I sue who was responsiable for the pop up, my company. To me the internet is a scary thing. We fight to keep it uncencored and unregulated but we are then held responsiable for what is out there. I don't know the details of this case but I can't imagine she herself did anything wrong. I would have to agree and say that the pop-up is most directly responsible but have we heard anything about it. The internet is no fun anymore!

[danastas]

No, we don't need to regulate it. We just need to understand it and use common sense.

Of course, you can also look at the computer log to see when the pop-up landed on the computer. Was it during the early morning hours before students were in the school?

Why would you go after the pop-up people? Porn isn't illegal. Someone at that school visited a porn site, and the pop-up landed on the computer. most reputable websites don't drop malware onto your drive. You can't sue the pop-up people. You simply have to have a prosecutor/judge/jury with a clue. These people were clueless.

Ultimately, you would be to blame yourself if you were this teacher because she made two big mistakes:

1. She didn't turn off the monitor
2. She hired an idiot lawyer, with whom she had poor communication.

[danastas]

I know what you mean dude but to answer to your question.. no... but I'm going pretty soon... to Cali though... it's not as uptight as the other places as I've heard.

It depends on where in Cali you are. This happened in a section of the country that is more liberal than a lot of California. Put it this way: there's nothing as conservative as Orange County or San Diego within a hundred miles of New London, Ct.

[dmtnt]

That's nothing, I hear in Iran they are EXECUTING porn stars.