'Punishment should fit the offender…': Ex-Judge fined $5,000 for blocking ICE arrest, no jail time

A former Wisconsin judge was sentenced to no prison time and fined $5,000 on Wednesday (July 8) after a jury found she obstructed a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom, in a case that became a flashpoint over the Trump administration's use of courthouses to detain migrants. Hannah Dugan, 67, a former Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, drew national attention as President Donald Trump's administration sought to deter interference with its immigration enforcement efforts. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman noted Dugan's long history of public service in deciding to spare Dugan from prison. "The punishment should fit the offender, and not merely the crime," Adelman said during a hearing in Milwaukee federal court, adding that Dugan "made a bad decision in the moment."