--- description: "They all depict young men, many naked" title: Arkansas Judge Resigns After Photos of Nude Defendants Found image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arkansas Judge Resigns After Thousands of Nude Defendants Photos Found by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 10, 2016 4:04 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 10, 2016 4:04 AM CUT An Arkansas judge accused of swapping sex for reduced sentences resigned Monday after a state commission said it discovered thousands of photographs from his computer that depicted nude male defendants. In a letter to the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Cross County District Judge Joseph Boeckmann said that his resignation was effective immediately, and that he would never again seek a job as a local, county or state employee. Boeckmann’s resignation came after the commission said in a May 5 letter to his lawyer that it was in the process of recovering as many as 4,500 photos… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arkansas-judge-resigns-after1000s-photos-nude-male-defendants-found-his-n570896?cid=par-time%5F20160510 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4324086/arkansas-judge-resigns-nude-defendants-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4324086/arkansas-judge-resigns-nude-defendants-photos/"},"headline":"Arkansas Judge Resigns After Thousands of Nude Defendants Photos Found","datePublished":"2016-05-10T04:04:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:24:48.604Z","description":"\"They all depict young men, many naked\"","url":"https://time.com/4324086/arkansas-judge-resigns-nude-defendants-photos/","keywords":["Crime","Arkansas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4324086/arkansas-judge-resigns-nude-defendants-photos/","name":"Arkansas Judge Resigns After Thousands of Nude Defendants Photos Found"}}]}] ```