A Fayetville, North Carolina judge was reunited today with a previous defendant that he never forgot. The Judge went out of his way to help this man. The man, Sergent Joseph Serna, was a 20 year U.S. military veteran who is currently suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Take a look at footage of the two after the jump.

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At the time the veteran was standing trial for allegedly tampering with his urine test. The veteran admitted to have committed the act and was consequently sentenced to do 24 hours in jail. After sentencing the judge did something that was out of the ordinary, something that i’m sure isn’t exactly the usual protocol. He offered to drive Serna to the prison himself. Serna agreed and turned himself in and the judge sat down beside him in the cell. The judge who also is a veteran spent the night in the cell with the man talking.

Source: WSHH