Episode 52: Jails and Prisons
Guest: Emma Noel

Dewhitt interviews another of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Emma Noel. Emma is from Lexington, Illinois and graduated from Penn Foster High School. Dewhitt and Emma discuss the following:  

• Her semester status
• Her career goal and major
• Why she enrolled in the course
• Historicity of Jails and Prisons
• Pennsylvania Prison System
• Auburn Prison System
• U.S. compared to the world
• Solitary Confinement
• Proves too expensive
• Single-cell design becomes too expensive
• New York congregate work system prevails over the Pennsylvania model
• Cells stacked on top of each other, known as ‘inside cell block’ architecture 
• 8th amendment
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• Defunding the police
• Slave patrol
• Free community college
• What they would Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast or by clicking on one of the links below.
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https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org    

Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 51: The Sentencing
Guest: Logan Freeman 

Dewhitt interviews one more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Logan Freeman. Logan was home schooled in Bloomington, Illinois. Dewhitt and Logan discuss the following:  

• Midway point of the school year
• His career goal
• Sentencing philosophies
• Deterrence 
• Rehabilitation
• Restorative Justice
• Sentencing Models
• Determinant sentencing
• Indeterminant sentencing
• Mandatory sentencing
• Habitual Offender Law
• Death penalty
• Furman v. Georgia (1972)
• Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
• NAACP
• Thurgood Marshall
• 4th amendment
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• What he would Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

 You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org   

 Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 50: The Courtroom Participants and the Trial
Guest: Aidan Nemeth and Harmony Zimmerman 

 Dewhitt interviews two more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Aidan Nemeth and Harmony Zimmerman. Harmony attended Prairie Central High School in Fairbury, Illinois and Aidan attended Lincoln High School in, Lincoln Illinois. Dewhitt, Harmony and Aidan discuss the following:  

•  The start of school year
• Their career goal
• Prosecutor
• Defense Attorney
• Judge
• Jury
• Clerk
• Court reporter
• Bailiff 
• Pretrial decisions
• Setting bail
• Determining Competency 
• Why bail may be denied
• Flight risk and safety of the public
• Manhattan Bail Project
• Cashless bail
• Forcible Felonies
• Plea bargaining
• 8th Amendment
• 5th amendment
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• What they would Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish 

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below. 
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org   

 Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
https://blog.feedspot.com/triathlon_podcasts/ 

Episode 49: The American Court System
Guest: Izac Graves and Rose Carina 

 Dewhitt interviews two more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Izac Graves and Rose Carina. Rose attended Moline High School in Moline, Illinois and Izac attended Clinton High School in Clinton, Illinois. Dewhitt, Izac and Rose discuss the following:  

• The start of school year
• Their career goal
• The Courts
• Thurgood Marshall
• Charles Houston
• Constance Baker Motley
• Viola Liuzzo
• Ketanji Brown Jackson
• 4th amendment
• 5th amendment
• Dual court system
• Criminal court
• Civil court
• Preponderance of evidence
• Beyond a Reasonable doubt
• Federal court system
• State court system
• United States Supreme Court
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• The Capital insurrection
• What they would Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org   

 Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
https://blog.feedspot.com/triathlon_podcasts/ 

Episode 48: Indictment
Guest: Declan McGinnis and Brock Loftus

Dewhitt interviews two more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Brock Loftus, and Declan McGinnis. Declan is from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and Brock is from Ohio, Illinois. Brock attend Ohio High School and Declan attended Maine South High School. Dewhitt, Declan and Brock discuss the following:  

• The start of school year
• Their career goal
• Indictment
• True Bill
• Grand Jury
• Probable cause
• Being above the law
• President Trump
• Letitia James
• Fani Willis
• Mar-a-lago Case
• 5th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• Does our vote matter?
• Can voting impact judges?
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• The Capital insurrection
• What they would Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org   

Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
https://blog.feedspot.com/triathlon_podcasts/ 

Episode 47: Death Row to Community Leader and Organizer
Guest: Mr. Renaldo Hudson

In this episode, Dewhitt interviews a wonderful and fascinating brotha. He was sentenced to death row in the state of Illinois, worked 37 years while incarcerated, developed and implemented programs, including the Statesville newspaper, and focuses his work on ending perpetual punishment in Illinois. You talk about a humble, repentant, and determined man, that's Renaldo Hudson. Dewhitt and Renaldo discuss the following: 

• His upbring
• Family life
• Governor Pritzker
• Executive Clemency  
• The day-to-day life of incarceration
• Trauma and brokenness 
• Capital punishment
• Confessing and repenting for his crime
• The responsibility he now has
• Illinois Prison Project and how it was established
• The correlation of the 13th amendment and prison
• The different IPP programs 
• Being Director of Education for IPP
• 1st Amendment
• Justice coming in many forms
• The wonderful attorney who helped him
• The Ministry
• His favorite constitutional right
• Black Lives Matter
• White Supremacy
• What he’d like to see the Biden administration accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast or by clicking on one of the links below.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com   
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/ 
https://peculiarbooks.org
https://www.illinoisprisonproject.org/
Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 46: Police Officers and Professionalism
Guest: Jacyannah Thurston and Jordan Wetter

Dewhitt interviews two more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Jacyannah Thurston and Jordan Wetter. Jacyannah is from Pontiac, Illinois and Jordan is from Lexington, Illinois. Jacyannah attend Pontiac Township High School and Jordan attended University High School. Dewhitt, Jordan and Jacyannah discuss the following:  

•  The start of school year
• Their career goal
• Police Officers and Professionalism
• Community policing
• Being above the law
• How to deal with police/citizens who think they are above the law
• National Voter Registration Day
• Voter fraud
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• Who should be allowed to vote?
• Does our vote matter?
• Can voting impact policing?
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• The Capital insurrection
• What they’d Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

 You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org    

Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 45: Criminal Law
Guest: Raegan Thompson and Cristian Casas

Dewhitt interviews two more of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Raegan Thompson and Cristian Casas. They both are from the Bloomington Normal area. Raegan attend Normal Community West High School and Cristian attended Bloomington High School. Dewhitt, Raegan and Cristian discuss the following:  

•  The start of school year
•  Their career goal
• Criminal law
• Mens rea
• Actus reus
• 1st Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment
• Triangular Homicide
• Murder
• Manslaughter
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• Legalization of cannabis 
• Defunding the police
• Racism
• The Capital insurrection
• Voter fraud
• What they’d Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below or by entering one of the links into your browser.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org  

 Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 44: Crime Data Part II
Guest: Tabitha Phillips

 Dewhitt interviews another of his fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Tabitha Phillips. Tabitha hails from Port Huron, Michigan, is a nontraditional student, and is a testament that you should give up on pursing a college degree. Dewhitt and Tabitha discuss the following:  

• The start of school year
• Her career goal
• Excessive force
• Crime Data
• Uniform Crime Report
• NIBRS
• Defunding the police
• Who Should Be Charged With a Crime
• 5th Amendment
• Favoritism
• President Trump
• Capital insurrection
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• What she’d Like the Biden Administration to Accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below or by entering one of the links into your browser.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com   
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/
https://peculiarbooks.org  

Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
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Episode 43: Crime Data
Guest: Olivia Morrow

Dewhitt interviews the one of his thirty fall 2022 Heartland Community College Introduction to Criminal Justice students, Olivia Morrow. Olivia hails from Lincoln, Illinois.  Dewhitt and Olivia discuss the following:  

•  The start of college life
• Career goals
• Why they are interested in criminal justice
• Crime Data
• Uniform Crime Report
• NIBRS
• Who Should Be Charged With a Crime
• 4th Amendment
• Favoritism
• President Trump
• President Clinton
• Capital insurrection
• White Supremacy 
• Black Lives Matter
• What she’d like the Biden Administration to accomplish

You can listen to the JFA Podcast Show wherever you get your podcast, by clicking on one of the links below or by entering one of the links into your browser.
https://dlbspodcast.buzzsprout.com 
https://blog.feedspot.com/social_justice_podcasts/ 
https://peculiarbooks.org 

 Also if you are interested in exercise and being healthy check out the Top 20 Triathlon Podcasts.
https://blog.feedspot.com/triathlon_podcasts/