PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Services for Judge Frank Caprio began at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul at 10 a.m. Friday, as friends and family rose to recount memories of “America’s nicest judge.”

Providence’s honor guard, local and state officials, and family and friends all came to honor the life of the beloved judge.

“We will all be strong and we will continue to carry out your instructions, family comes first,” Frank Caprio, Jr. said. “And the extended family of Rhode Island and around the world. He thanks you, we thank you, for everything.”

He was the compassionate courtroom judge seen by millions, whose rulings changed so many lives for the better.

For 40 years, Judge Frank Caprio would hear cases from his Providence, Rhode Island bench, and along the way earned the reputatio

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