Judge Judy Has a Heart Beneath That Tough Exterior

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Judge Judy is known for her sharp tongue and no-nonsense attitude, but sometimes a case brings out a very different side of her. When young security guard Willie Morgan reveals that he spent an entire week in jail before the charges against him were dismissed, the judge responds with an unexpected moment of compassion.  On Judge Judy, Judge Judith Sheindlin listens as Morgan describes the frightening experience of being arrested and held in jail. Rather than delivering one of her famous lectures, she acknowledges just how difficult the ordeal must have been for someone so young. Watch this touching Judge Judy courtroom moment that reminds viewers there's more to the legendary television judge than her quick wit and tough rulings.

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00:00What do you do for a living? I do security at Kaiser. Who do you live with? I live by

00:04myself.

00:04And you were arrested? Yes. When? May 2017. And it was a serious charge? Yes. Had you ever

00:12been arrested before? No. Have you ever been arrested since May of 17? No. But the charge

00:17in May of 17 was murder? It was attempted murder. When you were arrested, everybody sort of rallied

00:21around you because you were a good kid? Yeah. Including your brother? Yes. How much was your

00:26bail? It was $1.2 million. Then it was dropped down to $300,000. Then $250,000. And the charges

00:33were dropped down to assault with a firearm. What happened with that case? It was dismissed.

00:37It was an outright dismissal? Well, I'm not clear what that means exactly.

00:41That means that you didn't plead guilty to something. The district attorney dismissed all

00:45the charges. Yes. And when you were arrested in May, how long were you held? For a week.

00:50Must have been frightening. Well, yeah. Not? It was, yeah.

00:56Must have been.

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