Judge Loses Job After Scheme to Avoid Jury Duty Backfires Dramatically

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Judge Loses Job After Scheme to Avoid Jury Duty Backfires Dramatically

An upstate New York judge named Richard T. Snyder has stepped down after a controversial admission during jury duty. Snyder, who served as Petersburgh Town Justice, claimed he couldn’t be impartial as a juror because he believed everyone brought before a court was guilty. His comments sparked an investigation by the New York State Commission