A judge swore in a lawyer who was once a drug dealer in his courtroom 16 years ago

It was a Friday afternoon when Edward Martell, dressed in a black suit and bow tie, stood in front of Judge Bruce Morrow's courtroom. With one hand raised, the new lawyer was sworn into the State Bar of Michigan.

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/us/judge-lawyer-swore-in-drug-dealer-michigan/index.html