Hannah Dugan urges court to toss illegal immigrant escape case ruling

Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan urged a federal judge this week to toss out her conviction on obstruction charges for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest last year, as part of a last-ditch effort before she is sentenced.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, heard arguments in a federal courtroom in Milwaukee on Wednesday over Dugan’s motion to reconsider either tossing the conviction or ordering a new trial, with Dugan’s lawyers arguing that one of those options is necessary after a federal appeals court reversed a ruling both the judge and the Justice Department had relied on in Dugan’s case.