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Robert Tait

US judge whose son was murdered voices dismay as threats to jurists rise

New York state trooper outside home
A New York state trooper outside the home where Den Hollander killed himself after killing the son of federal judge Esther Salas and wounding her husband. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

A judge whose son was murdered by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a pizza deliveryman voiced anguish that the crime has spawned a spate of copycat threats against other jurists.

Esther Salas, a US district judge for New Jersey, fought back tears on Thursday after being asked to respond to a trend of judges receiving home pizza deliveries with the name of her late son attached as a means of intimidation.

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