Final charges dropped in husband/wife hacking case

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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped all charges against a man accused of violating Michigan’s computer hacking law in 2010 by reading his then-wife’s email to confirm suspicions she was having an affair with a previous husband.

Last week, Oakland County authorities dropped a hacking charge against Leon Walker after Clara Walker acknowledged she herself read text messages on her husband’s phone.

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