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New York Resigns After Shocking Admission While Trying to Get Out of Jurt Duty: 'Everyone in My Court Is Guilty!'

Summary by Atlanta Black Star
An upstate New York judge has stepped down from his post after he attempted to bypass jury duty by admitting he could not remain impartial because he believed all people who end up in court to face charges are guilty. Richard T. Snyder, a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court, complied with a summons for grand jury duty in October 2023, according to a news release from the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. In an effort to be excused…

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New York Resigns After Shocking Admission While Trying to Get Out of Jurt Duty: 'Everyone in My Court Is Guilty!'

An upstate New York judge has stepped down from his post after he attempted to bypass jury duty by admitting he could not remain impartial because he believed all people who end up in court to face charges are guilty. Richard T. Snyder, a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court, complied with a summons for grand jury duty in October 2023, according to a news release from the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. In an effort to be excused…

·Atlanta, United States
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Judge Out of Job After Plot to Get Himself Out of Jury Duty Backfires Spectacularly

An upstate New York judge resigned after making a startling admission to his fellow jurors in a ploy to escape jury duty. When Petersburgh Town Justice Richard T. Snyder showed […] The post Judge Out of Job After Plot to Get Himself Out of Jury Duty Backfires Spectacularly appeared first on The Western Journal.

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New York Judge Ducks Jury Duty By Explaining That “Everybody” Who Comes Before Him Is “Guilty”

In the fall of 2023, Richard Snyder was summoned for jury duty at the Rensselaer County Supreme Court in Troy, New York. Not everyone who is summoned for jury duty makes it on a jury, though; instead, the larger pool of prospective jurors goes through a process that requires them to answer screening questions to determine who actually gets seated. And on October 18, 2023, the judge dismissed Snyder from a special grand jury empanelment after he …

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Judge Out of Job After Plot to Get Himself Out of Jury Duty Backfires Spectacularly - Politics, Policy, Political Views

An upstate New York judge resigned after making a startling admission to his fellow jurors in a ploy to escape jury duty. When Petersburgh Town Justice Richard T. Snyder showed up for his obligation in October 2023, he said he couldn’t ethically serve as a grand juror, according to the New York Post. The reason? As a judge by profession, he couldn’t remain impartial because everyone who appeared in his court was guilty, Snyder reportedly said, …

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The Western Journal broke the news in Phoenix, United States on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
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