NY judge resigns

NY judge resigns after claiming all defendants are guilty in bid to skirt jury duty in another court
This New York judge had no defense. Petersburgh Town Justice Richard T. Snyder stepped down after he said all defendants are guilty in an effort to skirt jury duty – and then struggled to defend his ill-advised declaration in front of a state commission.
Rensselaer County judge resigns after admitting bias to avoid jury duty
Richard Snyder, a Justice of the Petersburgh Town Court in Rensselaer County, has resigned following charges of misconduct for evading jury duty,
NY Judge Resigns After Avoiding Jury Duty by Telling Court He Couldn't Be Impartial
Former Petersburgh Town Court Justice Richard T. Snyder, of Rensselaer County, was being investigated for misconduct by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, for claiming he could not be impartial.
New York judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty
An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty
Town justice in Rensselaer County steps down for evading jury duty
A judge in Rensselaer County judge has resigned after being charged with misconduct for evading jury duty. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced that Richard T. Snyder, a Petersburgh Town Court justice, claimed he could not be impartial if he served as a grand juror.
NY judge resigns after saying all defendants are guilty to avoid jury duty
An upstate New York judge has resigned after saying he could not serve on a jury because he believes all defendants are guilty. Richard T. Snyder, who served a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court for about a decade,
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