A jury discovered Milwaukee County Decide Hannah Dugan responsible of obstructing federal immigration brokers throughout an try and serve a warrant at a courthouse earlier this 12 months.
She faces as much as 5 years in jail on the felony obstruction rely.
Dugan was arrested in April after serving to Eduardo Flores-Ruiz keep away from plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers who had been attempting to serve him a warrant.
Prosecutors stated Dugan helped Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer exit her courtroom by way of a again door on April 18, after studying that ICE brokers had been within the constructing to arrest him.
“Whereas we’re upset in in the present day’s final result, the failure of the prosecution to safe convictions on each counts demonstrates the chance we now have to clear Decide Dugan’s identify and present she did nothing improper on this matter,” Dugan’s protection crew stated in a press release.
“We have now deliberate for this potential final result and our protection of Decide Dugan is simply starting. This trial required appreciable sources to organize for and public assist for Decide Dugan’s protection fund is vital as we put together for the subsequent part of this protection.”
The jury additionally acquitted Dugan on a misdemeanor rely of concealing a person to stop arrest.
