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Legal experts decry offensive Eakin emails

Experts on legal ethics condemned Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Thursday following disclosures that he had sent or received emails that mocked Muslim children as suicide bombers, called Mexicans "beaners," and joked about domestic-assault victims.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin participates in a discussion at the Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin participates in a discussion at the Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Read more
    by Craig R. McCoy and Angela Couloumbis, Inquirer Staff Writers
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