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Totally Tunsie

(11,125 posts) Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:13 PM Aug 23

Judge Frank Caprio, "The Kindest Judge in America" has passed at 88.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/frank-caprio-us-judge-caught-in-providence-dies

Frank Caprio, US judge who found fame online for his compassion, dies aged 88
Host of TV show Caught in Providence billed his courtroom as a place ‘where people and cases are met with kindness’

Pass gently, Your Honor

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Judge Frank Caprio, "The Kindest Judge in America" has passed at 88. (Original Post) Totally Tunsie Aug 23 OP

So sad sorcrow Aug 23 #1

sorcrow

(624 posts)

1. So sad

Reply to Totally Tunsie (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:19 PM

Aug 23

A judge with both compassion and common sense. Rest in Peace.

He will be missed, but he'll probably live forever in the Internet.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

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