Thomas W. Sneddon Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetThomas W. Sneddon Jr.
American lawyer, District Attorney
Date of Birth: 26-May-1941
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: 01-Nov-2014
Profession: prosecutor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Thomas W. Sneddon Jr.
- Thomas William Sneddon Jr.
- (May 26, 1941 – November 1, 2014) was the district attorney of Santa Barbara County, California.
- He had more than two decades of experience as a District Attorney, and more than three decades of experience as a prosecutor.
- He is best known for prosecuting child molestation charges against entertainer Michael Jackson in 2005; Jackson was acquitted.Sneddon was born in Los Angeles in 1941 and grew up in California.
- In 1963 Sneddon graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he was on the boxing team; and in 1966 from UCLA Law School, where he met his wife.
- From 1967-69, during the Vietnam War era, he served in the U.S.
- Army.From November 1969 until May 1977, Sneddon served as a Deputy District Attorney in Santa Barbara County.
- In 1977, he was promoted to the position of Supervisor of Criminal Operations.
- On January 3, 1983, Sneddon became the 33rd District Attorney of Santa Barbara County and was re-elected without opposition for five terms.
- In 2010 he retired from the DA's office.A father of 9 children, Sneddon was Chair of the Committee for Child Support Enforcement since its inception in 1991.
- He was presented with a "Director's Award" in 1995 by the California Family Support Council.
- A year later he was appointed co-chair of the National District Attorney's Child Support Committee and invited by the US Attorney General Janet Reno to be a member of the Presidential Commission's Federal Task Force to review and enhance federal criminal prosecutions for failure to pay child support.
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