'Tyrannical' judge told 'not to return' after she berates defendant who died three days later

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Apr 22 2018 5:27 PM

SOMETIMES JUDGES THINK THE PEOPLE'S COURTROOM

IS "THEIR PERSONAL" BULLY PIT

WHEN THE COURTROOM IS ON LOAN TO THEM.

A JUDGE CAN BE REMOVED AND SOME SHOULD BE REMOVED

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THAT ROBE AND BENCH DOES NOT GIVE A JUDGE THE

RIGHT TO TALK DOWN TO PEOPLE OR TREAT THEM LIKE DIRT

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A Florida judge was relieved of her duties Friday after berating a woman in a wheelchair who was having trouble breathing due to two medical conditions and who died at home three days after the encounter.

Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich gave defendant Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, who was in court facing misdemeanor charges resulting from a family dispute, a tongue-lashing in a video dated April 15.

The judge’s berating of Twiggs was so extreme that the wheelchair-bound woman’s public defender, Howard Finkelstein, called for the judge to be banned from presiding over criminal proceedings.

During the video, which was posted on YouTube and as a comment on a judicial gossip site, Twiggs asks about receiving treatments and the judge can be heard shouting her down, saying, “I’m not here to talk about your breathing treatments.”

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