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Judge Judy shows a more compassionate side after learning that young security guard Willie Morgan spent a week in jail following a serious arrest before the charges against him were ultimately dismissed. After hearing just how long he was held, Judge Judy acknowledges how frightening the experience must have been in this memorable courtroom moment.

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00:00What do you do for a living?
00:01I do security at Kaiser.
00:02Who do you live with?
00:03I live by myself.
00:04And you were arrested?
00:06Yes.
00:07When?
00:08May 2017.
00:09And it was a serious charge?
00:11Yes.
00:11Had you ever been arrested before?
00:13No.
00:13Have you ever been arrested since May of 17?
00:15No.
00:16But the charge in May of 17 was murder.
00:18It was attempted murder.
00:19When you were arrested, everybody sort of rallied around you because you were a good kid.
00:23Yeah.
00:24Including your brother?
00:25Yes.
00:25How much was your bail?
00:26It 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.
00:35What happened with that case?
00:36It was dismissed.
00:37It was an outright dismissal?
00:39Well, I'm not clear what that means exactly.
00:41That means that you didn't plead guilty to something.
00:43The district attorney dismissed all the charges.
00:45Oh, yes.
00:46And when you were arrested in May, how long were you held?
00:49For a week.
00:50Must have been frightening.
00:51Well, yeah.
00:52Not?
00:53It was, yeah.
00:56Must have been.

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