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New York’s highest court on Tuesday removed an upstate town justice from office, effective immediately, for “unquestionably offensive” misconduct.
The Court of Appeals agreed with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that Justice Walter W. Jones of the Canandaigua Town Court — located in the Finger Lakes region of New York — should be removed from office. The commission in March recommended Jones, who has served on the court since 1999, be ousted for using racial slurs while recounting a story about his father to colleagues and making “racially insensitive” comments after the arraignment of a Black woman.
“Petitioner’s inability …
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