In response to: Princeton Portrait: He Became a ‘Folk Hero’ After Being Shunned
Current issue
July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
I was a probation officer when Judge Wright served in the NYC Criminal Court.
I met him personally one time when he and I and a probationer met in his chambers. The probationer was turned in by his mother because she found him with a gun. Judge Wright spoke to him with respect and allowed him to continue his probation. The probationer was never in trouble again and that was thanks to the judge’s caring approach. The press called him “Cut ’em loose Bruce” but my experience showed me much. I returned to school, received my CSW, and spent the next 20 years working with the mentally ill homeless because of him. He was a great justice.