Judge Frank Caprio, the longtime face of the Providence Municipal Court and star of the widely viewed TV series Caught in Providence, has died at the age of 88. His death, confirmed by his son on Wednesday, follows a lengthy and public battle with pancreatic cancer.
Caprio, known nationally for his compassion and sense of humour on the bench, rose to prominence through his television courtroom, where he became affectionately known as 'the nicest judge in the world'. Clips of his rulings—often involving parking tickets and touching personal stories—regularly went viral and earned him millions of followers on social media.
