Jerome Patrick Troy (December 21, 1916 – August 25, 2011) was an American jurist who served as Judge of the Dorchester District Court from 1962 until he was removed from the bench in 1973.
After the war, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Georgetown Law School and was an officer with the United States Capitol Police.
[2][3] After graduation, he moved to Boston, where he operated a private law practice and was a legal counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
[6] On February 4, 1972, a judge of the United States District Court ruled that Troy's practice of ordering female welfare recipients to swear out non-support complaints against their husbands or fathers of their children was "coercive and intimidating" and denied the men due process under the 14th Amendment by putting them on trial.
[7] That same year, a three-judge panel found that Troy showed discrimination against persons involved in non-support and illegitimacy cases, held defendants in jail without bail in cases that "did not warrant this result", issued bails in a number of cases that were "clearly excessive", gave "frequently excessive" suspended sentences, failed to advise defendants of their right to counsel, failed to notify defendants of their right to obtain an immediate review of their bail order, and that his court did not have a "reliable, consistent" record-keeping system that contained "irregular entries...made long after the fact and for some self-serving purpose".
[9] Soon thereafter, the Massachusetts General Court approved $178,000 for a sewer extension to the property, however public outcry led to the appropriation being canceled.
[10] In 1980, Troy was found by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office to not have enough money to comply with the court order and was deemed "judgment-proof".
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection removed the toxic waste from the fill and the Metropolitan District Commission developed the land into a park.
[12] The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointed attorneys James D. St. Clair and Raymond Young to investigate the complaints against Troy.