Beloved TV Judge Frank Caprio: ‘I wear a heart under my robe’
He credits his Italian-immigrant parents — father Antonio and mother Filomena — for instilling life lessons while raising him, his older brother Antonio and kid brother Joe in a cold-water flat (sans hot running water) in the Federal Hill section of Providence.
“Many times he would take a dollar or two out of his own pocket to help them,” he said. “It’s what he taught us — not by his words, but by his actions.”
Caprio has an especially soft spot for children in his courtroom. “It can be an intimidating experience … and that’s why I bring them up on the bench to participate, and be a leader in the decision,” he said. “Many times I ask them for help in deciding what penalties, if any, to impose against their parents.
“They give me wonderful answers and are very honest,” he said. “If I were to yell and scream at everyone in the courtroom, demand payment from their parents (which I know they cannot afford), and be strict and cold, it would likely traumatize the children for the rest of their lives.
“I take into consideration people’s personal circumstances,” he said. “It’s amazing that so many times not only have we mitigated a fine and sometimes paid it but we’ve … become involved with some of these people in their personal lives as well in an attempt to help them out.
My Commentary:
Our planet is burning already because of our mistakes and we do not need either hot blazing fronts or even cold, we need a cool breath of peace, wisdom, contentment, and concern to cool us and our planet down. If the bloody Putin, Xi Jinping, coupes leaders, Biden, Zelnesky, and many others wear a heart like this, we wouldn't be struggling now for the price of our bread, and other many food items shortage that depend on fertilizers supply not just grains; that is the least, the biggest we wouldn't have the firey furnace battlefield killing even innocent children and people.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." and "Blessed are peacemakers for they will be called the sons of God." Mathew 5:7,9
We need to learn the lesson to put ourselves in the other's shoes, having content and always judging ourselves as we desire to be judged, giving place to anger, aggression, and retaliation, and being ready always for peace accords, and wisdom.
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