Everyone waited with bated breath for sentencing because they all knew that this woman was the judge's mother. Would he be lenient because of the love of a son for his mother? Or would he be just in applying the law? Well, everyone was stunned when he announced the penalty, the removal of a hand. Then he left his place of authority, threw his arms around his mother, told her how much he loved her, and then he had his own hand cut off instead of hers.

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