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  • More than 130 retired judges urge federal court to drop charges against Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan ('judicial immunity')

    05/31/2025 5:08:27 AM PDT · by Libloather · 133 replies
    See BS 'News' ^ | 5/30/25 | Kierra Frazier
    A bipartisan group of more than 130 retired judges filed a brief Friday urging a federal court to drop charges against Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan, saying her arrest undermines "centuries of precedent on judicial immunity." Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit court judge, was arrested April 25 by FBI agents on federal allegations she prevented the arrest of a man by immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse. The man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, was arrested and detained at an immigration detention center. In an amicus brief filed Friday, the group of judges argue that Dugan shouldn't be prosecuted...
  • Charges reduced against Abu Ghraib guard England

    02/19/2005 6:20:46 AM PST · by Grendel9 · 4 replies · 324+ views
    19 Feb 2005 00:29:16 GMT FORT HOOD, Texas, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Military prosecutors have filed new charges that greatly reduce the amount of jail time facing U.S. Army reservist Lynndie England if she is convicted in the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. A spokesman at Fort Hood in central Texas where England is to be court martialed said on Friday the new charges, nine in all ranging from cruelty to committing indecent acts, would expose her to a maximum of 16 years in prison. They were filed last week, but not made public. Previously, she faced 19...