Former American judge, Francisco Caprio, thanked his followers residing in the United Arab Emirates, who constitute the largest fan base that follows his famous videos on social media platforms. He said in press statements, while he was in the Emirates, that “the humanity rooted in the hearts and minds of people… It is what drives them to interact emotionally with the videos they watch of him, while he deals with the cases in which he judges.”

The Just Judge,” as the “social media” audience likes to call him, who was a guest and participant in the activities of the “International Government Communication Forum” (IGCF 2023), hosted by the Emirate of Sharjah, stated that his message, which inspired people around the world, stems from looking at people’s humanity. Within them, which is the opposite of the actions they take, stressing that inside every person is a good human being, who must be addressed and given a new chance at life.
Caprio, who is currently retired from his job, indicated that the secret of his success is due to his taking into account the background of every person who appears before him in court, and that it is necessary to learn about the cultural environment and the practical humanitarian background from which each person comes, and that he tries to help all people and give them a new opportunity without To violate the law.
The “Just Judge” assured the audience of the lecture he gave at Expo Sharjah that he puts himself in the place of every wrong person, and tries to find justification for the action he took, pointing out that the situation that affected him the most was that of an old man (96 years old). He ran the red light on his way to the hospital to save his sick son (63 years old).
Looking at his biography, Caprio (86 years old) grew up in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and comes from humble origins, and is the second among three brothers with his mother, “Philomena,” and father, “Antonio,” who worked as a street seller of fruits and milk.

Long before Caprio became a judge, he shined shoes, distributed newspapers, and worked with his father in a truck as a distributor and milk seller, following in his parents’ footsteps in working hard to improve his life. This upbringing established in him an extraordinary ability to see the world from a different perspective.
Caprio graduated from Central High School in 1954, and went on to study at Providence College for four more years. Because he wanted to become a lawyer, he decided to attend night classes, to obtain a law degree, while working as a teacher during the day.
Caprio taught high school history to make ends meet while attending law school at Suffolk University in Boston, and after training to practice law, he became a part-time municipal court judge in 1985, hearing mostly non-criminal matters.
During his judicial career, Caprio was able to overcome the obstacles of small beginnings, to become one of the most respected judges around the world, thanks to his humane and fair rulings on the cases that appeared before him in the courtrooms, and after a few years, his brother, “Joe”, began photographing the procedures of trial sessions. .
But Caprio’s fame began after the spread of short video clips on the Facebook platform in 2016, published by the “Jo” Production Company, owned by the judge’s brother, who confirms that his brother is in fact the same person who appears in courtrooms, with the same calmness and manner of speaking and dealing