r/BeAmazed • u/girlysunshinehihi • Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/kaiser_so_ze Feb 27 '25

Could someone be so kind as to enlighten me as to what this show is? Every clip I see is someone standing in front of his honor. He has a chat, has a joke, sometimes ribs the portly cop near him then let's the person off their trump charge

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u/Bud10 Feb 27 '25

His name is Judge Caprio. He televised is court room on a show called Caught in Providence, which is in Rhode Island. He was well known for showing compassion. He retired a while ago due to pancreatic cancer.

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u/kaiser_so_ze Feb 27 '25

Thanks. So these were legitimate charges? I can't imagine this lovely elderly gentleman speeding. So I thought it was more like Judge Judy (fake court)

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u/obtusewisdom Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Judge Judy is a arbitration court. They get people to agree to drop their small claims cases in favor of mediation. It’s not a regular courtroom, but it’s still “real” with actual cases and legally binding decisions.

Judge Caprio was in his actual courtroom.

Edit: fixed term

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u/cepxico Feb 27 '25

Always loved when people left judge Judy going "fuck that I'm not paying that" then shortly after being brought back in to be reminded that this is legally binding, you DO have to pay that lmao

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u/options_etfs_nadex Feb 27 '25

It's an arbitration court, and from what I've heard, they don't actually pay. The show does.

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u/mittenkrusty Feb 27 '25

From what I heard it's just a set and payments are paid for by the show, sure I also heard she was actually legally disbarred or something like that.

A big reason why the show was retooled into Judy Justice because it had no real power was what I heard.

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u/obtusewisdom Feb 27 '25

It’s actually a court, though the show pays the fines. That’s why if she REALLY wants to stick it to someone, she finagles it so it’s not just money, or there are conditions. Idk who told you she was disbarred, but that’s not true.

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u/mittenkrusty Feb 27 '25

Going by fault memory I heard something along the lines of in one of her cases she decided she had the power to stop a parents access to a child and was sued over it, could be fake news though.

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u/obtusewisdom Feb 28 '25

She was a family court judge before she was a TV judge. She doesn’t do anything with access to a child on the show - in fact, if you watch, she will specifically point out she can’t do that in this role. She can’t be sued personally as a judge, either - qualified immunity. So that sounds like fake news.

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u/AmphibiousMeatloaf Feb 28 '25

Judges can definitely be sued in NY (where she sat on the bench). They have qualified immunity and the case will be dismissed as long as they acted within the duties of their job, but anyone can file a lawsuit against a judge or anyone really. Often they are filed as Article 78 Petitions. I’d say the majority of judges get sued at some point in their career, it’s not really a knock on them as long as they acted above board, they work in a job where by definition 50% of the people they interact with leave unhappy. It’s bound to happen especially when everyone they see is already in some kind of legal battle.

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u/WorBlux Feb 27 '25

Depends on how you define "court". In the U.S legal system the show technicly falls under private arbitration. There is a real dispute, the parties are bound by the decistion, and the settlement is final. (No case can be brought on the same set of facts in another court), and government courts may issue enforcemnt orders based on the result.

And I believe they pull actual cases/disputes out of the local small claims dockets and offer to arbitrate them.

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u/obtusewisdom Feb 27 '25

Binding arbitration is part of the court system. Regardless, it’s not fake.

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u/kcjamez Feb 27 '25

The cases are real. The people are real. The rulings, are final.

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u/Ourcade_Ink Feb 27 '25

The damages, or fines are paid out of a set amount given to both parties. Who ever receives the judgement. gets the lions share up to the amount of the ruling.....anything left over is split between the parties. This is in return for agreeing to air their dispute before Judge Judy. ( Court TV shows...They all work more or less the same.)

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u/RetPala Feb 27 '25

Yeah, know when you mention it you never saw the bailiff frog-march someone going by El Diablo wanted for shooting up an orphanage full of disabled nuts, then taking out a police helicopter with a rocket launcher

Not exactly Judy's clientele