The Rhode Island Convention Center will open at 3 p.m. Thursday for anyone wishing to pay their respects after the death of Frank Caprio Sr., widely known as America’s “nicest judge.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Funeral arrangements have been announced for Frank Caprio. Caprio, who served as a judge for the Providence Municipal Court for almost 40 years, died last week. He was 88.

Frank Caprio, the veteran municipal court judge who became a viral star and then got his own national TV show with his uncommon compassion in the courtroom, has died at 88. The son of an Italian immigrant milkman,