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Tuesday was a depressing day to be in Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey's courtroom, Dunlavey said.
So when someone e-mailed Dunlavey a joke on Wednesday that riffed on Eddie Murphy's "Saturday Night Live" Buckwheat skits -- which Dunlavey had enjoyed -- he quickly forwarded it to court colleagues who, he thought, might need a dose of humor.
Dunlavey said he now realizes the joke, which contained a reference to Islam, might not have seemed funny, particularly to Muslims.
He sent an apology to the joke's recipients on Thursday.