Amber Wolf Case Summary

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In the video that will be shown, we can see how human Judge Amber Wolf is. Despite the actual court procedure, the judge choose something rare. She followed her human instinct and decided for the better good. The judge allowed an inmate to finally meet his baby of a month old, for the first time. This tear wrecking video sure hit someone's heart. A husband and wife were co-defendants in thief case. This only means that they can't talk to each other. On the duration of that, the wife was pregnant and she gave birth to a child, now 1 month old. Before even ending the the hearing of the husband and before beginning the wife's hearing. The judge made it possible for the husband to meet his 1 month child for the first time. According to her,

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