Judges warned not to ask about citizenship 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, February 16, 2009
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Judges should not ask criminal defendants who are represented by counsel about their immigration status at bail hearings or prior to sentencing, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee has said. Given the “controversial, high-profile” issues surrounding the presence of millions of illegal aliens in the U.S., “reasonable minds could perceive an appearance of impropriety based on a ...