Prison Justice
Convicted ex-judge will get $5K fantastic however no jail time in immigration case
Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan (far left) leaves the federal courthouse after a listening to in Milwaukee on Could 15, 2025. (Photograph by Andy Manis/The Related Press)
A convicted former Wisconsin decide was fined $5,000 and sentenced to no jail time Wednesday after a jury had discovered that she obstructed a deliberate immigration arrest exterior her courtroom.
The case gained nationwide consideration, turning into a flashpoint over the Trump administration’s use of courthouses to detain migrants.
Reuters and Courthouse News Service have the story.
In December, former Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan was convicted of obstructing a federal continuing by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, however the lessor cost of concealing an individual set for deportation was cleared.
Prosecutors mentioned she helped a Mexican migrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, depart by way of a nonpublic courtroom door, they usually really helpful an imprisonment of 15 to 21 months.
Dugan’s lengthy historical past of public service performed into the choice to spare her from jail, U.S. District Decide Lynn Adelman of the Japanese District of Wisconsin famous.
“The punishment ought to match the offender and never merely the crime,” Adelman mentioned throughout a listening to in Milwaukee federal courtroom.
Dugan resigned from her place in January.
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