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His kindness made him a viral sensation online, with countless clips of his heartfelt rulings being shared worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father taught me that everyone has a story,\u201d Caprio once said. \u201cBefore you pass judgment, listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tributes are pouring in from across the country for the man who proved that a judge could wear both the robe of the law and the heart of the people. Rest in peace, Judge Caprio\u2014you will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Frank Caprio, a Rhode Island legend and beloved TV figure known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s nicest judge,\u201d has passed away at the age of 88 after a battle&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JUST IN: Judge Frank Caprio, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Nicest Judge,\u201d Has Passed Away at 88 -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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