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Judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty

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Richard T. Snyder had been a justice of the Petersburgh Town Court for about a decade .

Snyder tried to avoid serving on a jury in 2023 by saying, "I know everybody come in front of me. I know they are guilty" He was eventually dismissed from serving on the jury after he continued to argue that he could not be impartial.

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