In Compassion in the Court, Frank Caprio is the famous judge on the hit TV show, Caught in Providence. He was a judge from 1985 to 2023. He served for 23 years for the Providence Municipal Court. He is known for his compassion in the court room and he tries to help others. He wanted to be a different type of judge one that had kindness, compassion, and dignity. He explained how he tries to make decisions based on everything he could learn from the individual and what brought them in front of his courtroom. Many of them were immigrants, poor people, people down on their luck. In the book, he shared how he grew up as immigrant himself and the challenges he faced.
He shared his first case and how his father discussed with him how he could have handled it better. His woman had parking tickets and she explained how she couldn’t pay it and that’s it. She basically told him flat out she wouldn’t be paying any of them. He ruled that a boot would be placed on her car. He tried to help him see that she would have no way to take her kids to school or drive. He helped him to realize that she was a person and focus on more what might be going on in their lives.
He shared the popular story of Victor Colella and how he was charged with speeding in a school zone. He was 96 years old still driving taking his son to get blood work who is handicapped. His son was 63 years old. He was deeply touched by this story and he dismissed the case. He later even met him outside the court room to hear his whole story and this older man advice was to do right and don’t bully and go to church every Sunday. He even celebrated his 100 birthday with him by bringing him a cake. There aren’t too many judges who would go that far.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is curious about the life of judge Frank Caprio. He was often moved by trying to understand why the person in front of him came to be in his court room. They each had a story and a background that brought them there. I haven’t watched the full show but I recall seeing clips on social medias and he seems like a very compassionated judge. The stories presented were very touching and insightful and he tries to teach others to be kind to others. He tried to help us to view others as real people who have made mistakes but they have the ability to learn from their mistakes and change. There is tons of lessons we can learn in this book!
“I received this book free from the publisher for my honest review.”
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