Judge Frank Caprio, a former judge for the Providence Municipal Court, died following a bout with pancreatic cancer, ...

The jurist from Rhode Island developed a persona at odds with many TV judges — more sympathetic and less confrontational and ...

Caprio served as a judge in Providence for almost 40 years and often went viral on social media for dismissing tickets from ...

He was 88. "Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic ...

Judge Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island, became a social media star for courtroom videos that viewers said showed his compassion in the courtroom.

Though Caprio's son noted that the man known as "America's nicest judge" had great medical care throughout his journey, he said it was the love from the public that “lifted his spirits and boosted his ...

The pride of Rhode Island spent nearly 40 years on the bench, and cases were filmed in his courtroom for more than two decades.

The reality star's death after "a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer," was announced in a statement on Instagram.

Retired Judge Frank Caprio, known around the world as the “Nicest Judge in the World,” has died at the age of 88.

Frank Caprio, who served for several decades as a Providence Municipal Court judge, has died at the age of 88.