A Broward Circuit judge who was weeks from retirement quit Monday in the wake of a viral video showing her denying a jailed inmate’s request for a breathing tube. The woman died days later.

Chief Judge Jack Tuter. Photo: J. Albert Diaz/ALM

Ehrlich found herself in the hot seat after video surfaced on social media of her interaction with Sandra Twiggs, a 59-year-old woman who suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

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