He is the judge whose unusual approach to the mundane cases in front of him have made him an unexpected viral star. Judge Frank Caprio presides over the municipal court in Providence, Rhode Island, dealing with parking tickets, speeding fines and petty misdemeanors. 

But his compassion for the afflicted and occasional use of the accuseds’ children to help him decide on punishments has garnered him an extraordinary following after clips from the local television channel’s regular fly-on-the-wall show about his court, ‘Caught in Providence’, became a global phenomenon.