Hannah Dugan is ordered to pay a $5K fine and avoids prison after a federal jury convicted her of felony obstruction for helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz evade immigration agents.US District Judge Lynn Adelman imposed the monetary penalty and emphasized Dugan’s long public service, resignation and threats when rejecting a prison term despite prosecutors’ call for a harsher sentence.Dugan escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out of a Milwaukee courtroom through a private exit while Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to arrest him; Flores-Ruiz was later arrested outside, detained by the Department of Homeland Security and deported.The case, the first trial of a Wisconsin state judge on charges tied to immigration enforcement, has prompted Republican impeachment threats, a planned appeal to the
Seventh Circuit and debate about judicial conduct and enforcement.