Judge Judy Shows Her Softer Side

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Judge Judy is known for her tough courtroom demeanor, but a young security guard's troubling experience brings out a different side of the famously outspoken judge. When Willie Morgan reveals that he spent a week behind bars before the charges against him were dismissed, Judge Judy responds with unexpected compassion.  In this memorable Judge Judy moment, Judge Judith Sheindlin listens as Willie describes the aftermath of a serious arrest. After learning just how long he was held in jail, she acknowledges how frightening the ordeal must have been for someone so young, offering a rare glimpse of her gentler side.  Watch this touching Judge Judy exchange as the no-nonsense judge sets aside her usual sharp remarks to show understanding for a young man's difficult experience.

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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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