Episode 86: Discretion in the Criminal Justice System Artwork

Dewhitt L Bingham Justice For All Podcast Show

Dewhitt L. Bingham, a three-time author on race related subjects, including police officer relations with black men, Probation Officer of 35 years, Criminal Justice Adjunct Professor of 26 years, and 2014 Heartland Community College Adjunct Professor of the year, discusses all things social justice and criminal justice. Bingham, from a grassroots level, sits down with judges, probation officers, city officials and common citizens with the goal to inform the American citizen of their constitutional rights, provide educational and occupational guidance to high school and college students, and be a voice for change.

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Episode 86: Discretion in the Criminal Justice System

January 27, 2024 • Dewhitt Lloyd Bingham • Episode 86

Episode 86: Discretion in the Criminal Justice System
Guest: Autumn Morgan & Keaton Wille

This is the second week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham has a new cohort of students. As students embark on learning about the criminal justice system, they too will learn that social justice and criminal justice go hand in hand, in particular anti-racism. Starting things off will be Autumn Morgan and Keaton Wille. As he instructs this set of students, Bingham will focus on discretion in the criminal justice system which can be a driving force for good and a driving force for prejudice, bias, and injustice. During this episode, Bingham and his students discuss the following:

Autumn and Keaton’s career path
Why they enrolled in the course
What high school they attended
Their favorite constitutional right
Their career goals
What is discretion
Discretion as it relates to the criminal justice system
The 3 major components of the criminal justice system
The 4 things that brought concern to the criminal justice system
The first president to declare war on crime
Constitutional rights
Should a felon be allowed to vote
Should a felon be allowed to be president
Should presidents be given complete immunity
Black Lives Matter
White Supremacy
Should marijuana be legalized at the federal level
What they’d like to see the Biden administration accomplish

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