Legal experts have debated whether District Judge Leslie Dutchcot should have set bail in the Jerry Sandusky case despite having ties to the charity he founded. "Judges should be mindful of whether or not their impartiality might appear to be questioned, or whether there is the appearance of impropriety," said Edward Ohlbaum, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "It's part of the foundation of our system, whether you're sitting on the magistrate level or you're sitting on the Supreme Court. You have to be above and beyond reproach."