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Judge allows defendant to meet newborn son in court

Kentucky judge Amber Wolf allows burglary suspect James Roeder to meet his newborn son for the first time in her Jefferson County courtroom Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. The emotional courtroom scene marked a special exception to the no-contact order Wolf enforced between Roeder and his wife, a co-defendant, who gave birth while the case against them was still pending.
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