This judge presided over the murder trial of a man who killed his autistic son and reported him missing. This judge is very calm and level headed. Like him a lot.

Thank you Mike for calling out that absolutely disgusting abuse of power the prosecutor showed towards the mother and aunt.

The irony of abusing your power as a prosecutor to needlessly badger his aunt and mother while prosecuting the guy for abusing his power as a correctional officer, is mind boggling

This was awful. That prosecutor put the mother and aunt on trial, not just the son. That crosses over to inhumane.

NO aunt or mother should be put in the position. They can support this young man for who is and still disagree with what’s he has done. 😢

First, Mike I love you and your channel! Secondly, it is absolutely DISGRACEFUL of this prosecutor to essentially BULLY this man's mother and aunt. I am still watching and I'm wondering why(that I am aware)the inmate's statement has not been challenged for his honesty. Again, I am still watching. But shame on that man. The kid, from what I am hearing, has not tried to deny this at all. I'm sorry, just shaking my head over here.

The person who said the prosecutor is upset about this being a homosexual ‘relationship’ is 100% right. If they had not been the same gender, he wouldn’t have tortured his family that way. I also think the prosecutor is lucky that he didn’t have to try this case in front of a jury. Because I hate when people use a position of power to garnet sexual favor from someone but his mother and aunt would have made me feel much more lenient toward the defendant.

Big harm, big foul... The defendant has already pled guilty and is taking whatever lumps the state has doled out. I can't for the life of me figure out why the prosecutor felt the need to torture the mother and aunt with those questions. Did he think they were going to say 'you're right; he shouldn't be in a diversion program??' So unnecessary... Thanks, Mike - this was heavy, but very interesting...

"we have laws to punish the guilty and protect the innocent!" *tortures innocent mom by exposing her to the worst details possible*

This is so southern. It feels like a Faulkner short story.

This attorney is beating a dead horse and abusing relatives for no reason shame on him

I don't get why no one is stopping the prosecuting attorney during his bizarre meltdown there. Wouldn't some of this easily fall under asked and answered or something to the effect? He's already asked her opinion about the ethical/legal/moral standing of the behavior. I'm glad you spoke up about it because it was really weirding me out.

Watching Mom sob, broke my heart and I found myself wishing he would get diversion for her sake. I can't imagine her pain, shame, and guilt. I hate what the attorney did to her. But after listening to the judge, I totally changed my mind about the diversion. Especially if inmate was on suicide watch. The judge proved there was a classy way to handle it. As did you Mike. I appreciate your thoughts.

Good evening Mike, I was just about to go to bed but its my sons 21st birthday and I stayed up a little later and now I found this video so I guess I'm staying up a little later to feed my courtroom addiction.

When my husband started his career as a CO (Corrections Officer) 30+ years ago, an officer had been charged and convicted for having relations with inmates, it was still going through the court system at the time. He was quite a bit older than the officer in this case, and while I have great empathy for his mama and aunty, it isn't just the issue between the inmate and officer it has wider implications within the facility. The offending officers are now vulernable to blackmail, which puts all the officers lives at risk. I believe that the officer may have felt he couldn't be his authentic self at that point, the entire incident is truly sad and unfortunate. BTW, officers here are not allowed to have their cellphones at work.

I agree with you Mike. Most of the questions posed to the mother should not have been asked. I was surprised that nobody, including the judge, objected to that line of questioning.

This prosecutor is obviously against homosexuality and LGBTQ rights and is holding his personal ideals and morality against this defendant. It is just seeping out of him. Absolutely disgusting what he just put the aunt and wife through.

Naked means you have no clothes on and Nekkid means you ain't got no clothes on and you up to something. The great Lewis Grizzard God rest his funny soul.

Being a prison guard can be such a bad job that it’s very hard to find quality people that want the job. The same is happening for the police.

Wow, he couldn't be bothered to show up to speak for him self. he left it to his mom and aunt speak for him? Amazing judge.. I like him a lot..

The judge looks like he's in severe need of caffeine!😂

I agree with you Mike!! That prosecutor made me SO angry!! He had no right to treat this Mother and Aunt like this!!! Evil man!!

Very sad case. Judge Wolfe is a real Class Act! Agree with Mike the Prosecutor was cruel for no reason with the Aunt and Mother. Wish you all Peace, Love, Courage from David in Detroit.

I swear it feels like the undertone this prosecutor is getting at is “Ma’am aren’t you embarrassed enough of your GAY son doing GAY stuff ? Here, in case you weren’t embarrassed of your GAY son, let me smear him to you with all the GAY crime he did…”

Darrell Brooks trial is craziness. His objections are ridiculous! He keeps saying the grounds are hearsay when he obviously doesn't know what that word means.

The guard and the prisoner...what a case! In the end when the judge made his decision and laid out the facts, every thing became clear. I was absolutely on board with the judges decision. There were so many facts that were left out until the judge spoke. Before that everyone tip-toed among the tulips around the real implications of the case.

Nekid!!! You cannot get any more southern than that. I am dying laughing. My mother's favorite saying is "I am going to slap you nekid and hide your clothes!!"

Work in one of these institutions with these people. I did. I had a fellow officer get played by an inmate. She lost her job, her self respect, her pension. This job has one of the highest suicide rates of any job.

I hope the judge or his supervisor takes the time to make sure the prosecutor never does this again

What's the point in questioning his poor Mom & Aunt? It's not like they were there when the allegedly crime happened.

Lordy there ARE tapes 😳

What bothered me most about this case is something the prosecutor never even mentioned - the victim was on suicide watch at the time of the offense.

Let this be a lesson kids. Your crime does not effect just you and the victim. You can ruin your family’s lives as well.

To me, the fact that the Judge highlighted the power dynamic at play is outstanding. Sexual coercion is almost NEVER about sex. It's always about power and the abuse of that power. I'm also glad the judge explicitly refused to distinguish between victims based on gender. There are sexual offenders who are probably very worthy candidates for diversion and treatment instead of punishment. This guy ain't one of them.

I agree! That poor mother! That questioning was horrendous and so unnecessary.

I cant believe hes using her daughter as an example. As soon as he said daughter I was like "hell no".

I just came here for some light courtroom humour. GAWD!

Ok. The CO stepped way over the line. He was fired. He pled guilty of the charges. Leave his family alone, the DA and defense attorney are bringing more suffering to these family members, enough. Let the judge sentence him so the family can try heal and move on. Hearing his mother cry is heart wrenching.!!!

I’m one of the native “GRITS” (Girls Raised in the South), and yes, he most definitely said “nekkid.” 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m with you on this one, Mike…let this poor couple heal on their own.

Yeah, I keep wondering, what does it matter what the aunt knows about the case?

Prosecutor is a sadist. All there is to it.

You can tell already that the judge is gonna deny that young man but they're requesting.

What the hell was the purpose of having his Aunt and especially his Mother testify? The guy is not a juvenile. This was the most cruel and despicable exhibition I've ever seen. That prosecutor should be ordered to have a psychological examination. I bet he tortured small animals when he was young. Just disgusting.

That this happened to an inmate on suicide watch is the most egregious detail of all. This was a bad one.

They used to say "20 bucks is 20 bucks" But in this case it is "a sammich is a sammich"

“it started out as a kiss- how did it end up like this? it was only a kiss, it was only a kiss!”

I love your intro, there’s something subliminal about it. Can’t get enough ❤ P.S. this one is tough! Dang

@32:40 … why did the judge even allow this line of questioning!!???

What the h**l is this DA doing to this Auntie. This DA needs to be stopped by the judge for relevance at least. Shame on this DA, dispicable behavior.

They were swappin more than sammiches!! 😉 😂

LTWM!! Loving the channel

I cringed so much while listening to this prosecutor cross the aunt and mom. Thank you so much for pointing out that he did not need to say and ask the things he did to them.

Live chats bravo 👏 👏 👏 hilarious and educational.

Wow clicked on this not knowing that Judge Wolfe would ever make one of these. He is a judge in 5 counties in Middle TN one of which I live in. He is a very nice guy in real life. I have actually sat on a murder trial he was a judge of. He has had some pretty sad cases over the past 2 years. One was an officer that was married to a good friend of mine. Was ambushed by a meth head and shot 13 times and killed. Another was a father that killed his autistic son that was my youngest sons friend. My son also has autism and it’s sad they have never found his body. Very good Judge.

I think the prosecutor is getting his nut off humiliating the family.

He should get the book thrown at him. Even if consensual, the power dynamic of jailor to the jailed causes consent issues. Not only that, he provided cell phone to the inmate to look at porn. The inmate could have used this cellphone to contact/harass his victims, or other crimes. He also cheated on his partner to do so. Being in his late 20's, working for a police department, he is to be held a higher standard than the common folk. He absolutely knew this was wrong and did it anyway. He deserves to suffer consequences for his actions for the rest of his life. Sex crimes need to be taken as seriously as murder.

I’m always surprised that witnesses like auntie and mom don’t give answers that carefully snark back at stupid questioning. I think of many such things that could be lobbed back at jerky McJerk questions

If this lawyer was questioning me and brought my kids into it, my nephew wouldn’t be the only one needing a diversion program. It is so low to bring someone’s kids into it.

That prosecutor is horrible. My heart aches for this family. Berating his family is not helping. The prosecutor is punishing his family. Breaks my heart. That judge was awesome.

I was wondering where Kevin Spacey went, never thought of a judgeship.

Oh this was a tough one and no reason for the prosecutor to make such direct points to the family. Seemed salacious. And then there was the nekked pretrial sammich diversion... You and chat are the best! 🤩

The judge is awesome, he changed my mind on it

Omg his mom sounds so sweet when she said I have 7 children 2 in heaven and 5 still living...I teared up I wanted to stomp on the prosecutors foot

This prosecutor wants to rake his entire family over the coals for no reason.

Nekkid pre-trial? I don't think Judge Manning would EVER allow THAT in Fulton County

Sexual crimes and criminals are rarely rehabilitatable.

"yes we expect a little better conduct" wtf?! The Aunt and mother did not need to be on the stand, simple written statements about previous good behaviour would have sufficed. That was torturous to witness the repeated line of questioning they were subjected to and frankly unprofessional. I'm surprised that the Judge allowed it to continue. I am glad that the Judge was at least logical, professional and well researched in the legislation. Definitely awful conduct from the attorneys 😬

Any human regardless of status is capable of a lapse of judgement and taken over by animal instinct But having empathy does not exempt the need for prosecution. The empathy can come in during sentencing. In this case the victim may have manipulated the defendents and have a macavalian personality. Crimes need prosecuting to uphold law and order.

Just become a subscriber and I have watched so many videos ❤ always hit the like button and sending ❤ from Louisiana 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I like Ben Bateman also… keep content coming.

Wow, prison sexual assault. That’s awful. I’m glad they’re prosecuting it.

Naked means you are not wearing clothes....Nakied means you don't have clothes, but you are up to something

Finally joined. I'm glad I found this channel.

it was painful to watch Mom and Auntie ... prosecutor makes a good argument to bring back tar and feathering 🤬

Mike this man did this to his self no one told him to do what he did

Another interesting video Mike, thanks!

This hit close to home when watching this one. We had one here local that received 42 months in prison with five years of community control and is now a Tier III registered sex offender. The "victim" tried to hang themself after finding out about the indictment. That person has since been sentenced to 15 years for the crime they committed. The "abuser" is just now trying to get their life back together and get a job but it has been hard for them and comments are being made where they are currently a temp employee. I have a hard time with the terms abuser and victim in this because even though the position of power was abused, the victim was very good at convincing this person that they were going to be together once out of jail. This person deserved the jail time and the community control but I just can't wrap my head around the registered offender stuff. I keep going back and forth on my thoughts about that.

When someone admits guilt in order to achieve some special treatment in a Plea Bargain, yet not only continuously refuses to admit the totality of their Crime, but down plays their role-& in this case actually lied to his Mother swearing he didn't do anything more than kiss-& avoids testifying on his own behalf where he could be subjected to questions demanding the Truth or face Perjury; it is impossible for me to believe the person realizes & accepts the inappropriateness of their behavior to the extent where they are assured to not reoffend. Instances where a person 'takes advantage' of a subordinate in a solitary lapse of judgment shows a lack of character & maybe it could be enough of a wake up call for them to reevaluate their moral & ethical applications in real life; but when that behavior is an ongoing & frequent event, that would indicate a serious defect in the person &, IMO, the likelihood of them behaving in the same manner any time they find themselves in a Power Position is extremely high! Anytime a similar non-voluntary dynamic exists (such as LEO, CO, Teachers, etc) there should never be an equivocation of their guilt. As to the Prosecutor's questioning of Mother & Aunt: yes, it seemed highly offensive; but I can't help wondering if he was going for the Perry Mason moment where Jackson felt so shameful of what he was subjecting to his family all b/c he didn't have the courage to defend himself & consequently he would jump up & scream that he'll take the stand! Probably no, but more likely just an act of retaliation at Jackson's cowardice & to drill home the the family that Jackson lied to them & they need to take positive steps to keep him on the straight (so to speak) & narrow.

I respect this judge.

I watch judge Wolfe a lot. He runs a tight ship and doesn’t put up with anything in his courtroom. He’s always stern but fair. If I ever get the wild urge to do a crime I’ll go to his county in Tennessee I think. Lol

I'll never understand how the "goes to church" is still proposed as a legal argument. There's plenty of people that grow up religious that go on to commit crimes. There's plenty of non-religious people that go on to make huge, productive strides in society. No disrespect to the religious, but that doesn't excuse bad behavior. Religious doesn't always mean law-abiding, and non-religious doesn't always mean hedonistic. 🤷‍♂️

Several highly civilised countries would allow prisoners not in jail for sex crimes to access pornography as a healthy, normal outlet.

😂😂😂wow what a shocker *corrections officer* 😮

Omg I stopped what I was doing felt like an exciting episode.. so intriguing . The lawyer is a heartless a hole.

Judge Wolfe looks like Jerry Springer! Prosecution of the fam was definitely uncalled 4!

What is wrong with the judge? Why doesn't he stop this torture? This is absolutely horrific. DA quit, you are being cruel. Is there any way that there are charges that could be brought agains this DA???

Prosecution: “your honor, I would like to petition the court to exhume the 2 deceased siblings so that I can ask them questions as well.” Quite surprised he didn’t ask for this.

Wow, his family really loves him. I can appreciate that.

11:40. Why did the defense counsel not object on the grounds of hearsay? The question was “what was his version of events?”

This case was really interesting…Hung on to every word…every second….Love to see more like it!! please…….🙏💙👏👏

Totally agree with you Mike, shameful!!!

Mr Hooper lol that was the name of the grocery guy I think in Mr Rodgers

Neckit sandwich swappin 😂

He is getting off on talking about it!

They’re all remorseful once they get caught.

😂oh sweet Jesus not nekid pre trials… can’t unsee moldy sammiches nasty 🤮

Regarding the “Hard-R-Assessment” resulting in a Moderate due to a high score of aggression, it does make sense. Offenses like these are usually due to high impulsivity, or in other words, a volatile state of readiness. Anger is linked in the brain with a high “state of readiness”. We, as humans when angry are just about ready to do anything to alleviate whatever is causing the anger or aggression. See if you realize this next time someone or something makes you angry. It’s fascinating.

I'm so mad right now. What an awful man 🤬

The Judge is all cleaned up and ready to go.

The prosecutor keeps dragging this out!! 😡 Putting the family through hell. It's like he is trying to turn his family against him, like disown him.

The family members needed a wake-up call. They got up there and would have been perfectly happy with no consequences at all.