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Judge faces six months for e-mails to woman

KOFU, Yamanashi Pref. (Kyodo) Prosecutors demanded a six-month prison term Friday for a 55-year-old judge who sent harassing e-mails earlier this year to a female subordinate employed at a court branch in Yamanashi Prefecture when he headed the branch. ... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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