Judge Allows Inmate To Meet His Month Old Baby For The First Time

You might remember Amber Wolf from last week.

She’s the Kentucky judge who was furious when she found out a female inmate had been denied pants and sanitary products for three days.

Judge Wolf is once again making headlines after she allowed an inmate to meet his 1-month-old son or the first time. The judge is a no-nonsense woman who takes the law to heart, but she’s a big softy on the inside and knows how family supersedes court procedure.

Wolf was just about to wrap up a hearing for James and commence a hearing for Ashley when she decided to ask the mother if she’d like to introduce the baby to his father:

“I saw her try to hold the baby up when he came out for his case to be called with his attorney,” Wolf told WDRB. “And I thought that he hadn’t seen that. And it occurred to me after we finished this case that he had not met his baby — who was 30 days old — and that he was not going to get an opportunity to meet his baby anytime in the near future.”

Ashley said yes and the judge called James back in to the courtroom where the emotional meeting took place. Judge Wolf described the decision as “probably one of the best things I’ve ever done:”

“It wasn’t really a judge thing. I think it was just more of a human thing. He hadn’t met his baby. And I could see that his wife wanted him to see the baby. And I know from previous interactions from Mr. Roeder that he had been very concerned about being able to meet his baby prior to it being born. And I just saw an opportunity that I didn’t want to squander.”

“I think there were a lot of tears,” she said. “I think a lot of people were touched by it. Mr. Roeder — obviously, I don’t know what you can see on that video — but there were a lot of tears coming from him. There were tears coming from Mrs. Roeder as well. And it was hard for me to hold back the tears also.  I think everybody was a little bit touched by it, and I just hope it gave him a little bit of closure and impacted him in a positive manner.”

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Judge Allows Inmate To Meet His Month Old Baby For The First Time is an article from: LifeDaily