We came home and then the fun began. All the news people showed up on my front lawn and we got a lawyer.

IDGNS: Why do you think you were initially convicted on these charges?

Amero: Jurors saw things on the wall [images displayed by the prosecution in the courtroom] that were huge pictures. They said I didn't do enough to protect the children. I went for help; I don't know what more I could have done.

IDGNS: How did you feel after the verdict?

Amero: I felt like, 'I'm going to die. I'm going to go to jail.' I walked out of there looking to find me a new toothbrush to take to jail. I was in bed for a week or so, crying. My husband had to stay home with me. My family came to me, and we thought I was going to jail. And then out of nowhere, Alex popped up.