Broward Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich found herself in the hot seat after courtroom video surfaced of her berating Sandra Twiggs, a 59-year-old woman who with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

Twiggs died days after the April 15 court appearance when the judge curtly denied her request for medical aid. Her cause of death was not released by deadline.

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