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Home » Press Releases » Voces de la Frontera: Verdict against Judge Dugan threatens due process and judicial independence
(Milwaukee, December 19th, 2025)—The federal jury verdict finding Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstructing immigration agents sets a dangerous precedent for the judiciary and for the constitutional rights of all people. This was not a neutral enforcement of the law. It was a political prosecution that criminalized the exercise of judicial independence and the defens...