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We've found our lowercase judge™ of the week.

It's St. Lawrence County (NY) judge Jerome J. Richards in Canton, New York, who sentenced 33-year-old Christel C. Gravlin (shown) to four months in jail - not prison - for a felony rape conviction for having sex with a 15-year-old male student.

A points formula would have classified her as a Level 2 offender, but lowercase judge™ Richards designated her a level 1 offender.

the judge cited her ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder, alcohol and substance abuse and having resigned her teaching position as the reasons for the classification.

The sexual relationship became public when she went to a basketball game at Lisbon Central School while intoxicated and announced the affair sordid sexual relationship to nearby students and spectators. Gravlin confirmed the relationship in a three-page signed statement to police, attributing the affair to depression, alcohol, prescription drugs and pressure from the boy.

(We haven't actually copyrighted lowercase judge™, but lowercase judges are undeserving of the honorific capitalization of their title for capricious and stupid decisions. )