Episode 93: Secure Detention Guest: John Peterson This is the 10th week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students are studying jails and prisons. Bingham’s guest is currently taking his class while in the Navy and stationed in Greece. Bingham and Military Police Officer Peterson discuss the following:  Their career goals Why they enrolled in the course What high school they attended Their favorite due process constitutional right Secure detention Jails Prisons Should a felon be allowed to vote Should a felon be allowed to be president 4th Amendment ..read more

Episode 92: Fairness in Sentencing Guest: Brooke Griffis and Kezimana Karine This is the 9th week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students are studying sentencing. Bingham, Brooke, and Kezimana discuss the following:  Their career goals Why they enrolled in the course What high school they attended Their favorite due process constitutional right Furman v. Georgia Sentencing disparity Mass Incarceration The 1986 Substance Abuse Act Should a felon be allowed to vote Should a felon be allowed to be president Should an insurrectionist be allowed to be ..read more

Episode 91: Court Descriptions Guest: Emily Coddington and Jack Forshee This is the 8th week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students are studying the courts. Bingham, Emily, and Jack discuss the following:  Their career goals Why they enrolled in the course What high school they attended Their favorite due process constitutional right Description of the Supreme Court Description of a State Court The goal of Drug Court 4th Amendment 5th Amendment 2nd Amendment Black Lives Matter White Supremacy Should marijuana be legalized at the federal level Wh ..read more

Episode 90: “Different Types of Searches” Guest: Emma Culbertson This is the 7th week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students have completed unit 2 and taken their second exam. This episode will be derived from the end of unit 2, Different Types of Searches. Bingham and Emma discuss the following:  Her career goals Why she enrolled in the course What high school she attended Her favorite constitutional right Her career goal Different Types of Searches Plain View Searches Consent Searches Incident to arrest Illinois v. Caballes  Rodriguez v ..read more

Episode 89: “Fleeing Felon Doctrine” Guest: Logan Farquhar and Alexcis Perez This is the fifth week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students are studying Oversight and Professionalism in Law Enforcement. This episode focuses on the Fleeing Felon Doctrine. Bingham and his students discuss the following:  Their career goals Why they enrolled in the course What high school they attended Their favorite constitutional right Fleeing Felon Doctrine defined Discretion involved in applying the doctrine Tennessee vs. Garner Graham vs. Connor  Reasonabl ..read more

Episode 88: “Criminal Law: Control vs. Liberty” Guest: Kaylynn Sheets, Ethan Taylor, and Taylor Bagnell This is the fourth week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students are beginning the second of four units. Today’s episode will focus on the classes of offenses and our freedoms versus government control. Bingham and his three students discuss the following:  Their career goals Why they enrolled in the course What high school they attended Their favorite constitutional right Felony defined Misdemeanor defined Ordinance violation defined Discretion ..read more

Episode 87: “Disposing of Crime” Guest: Hailey Hendricks This is the third week of the 2024 spring semester at Heartland Community College and Bingham’s students just took their first exam. As mentioned in the previous episode, there will be an emphasis on discretion. Bingham and student, Hailey Hendricks, discuss the topic of disposing of crime and how it is impacted by discretion. During this episode, Bingham and Hailey, an aspiring attorney, discuss the following:  Hailey’s career goals Why she enrolled in the course What high school she attended Her favorite constitutional right The ..read more

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 driv ..read more

Episode 84: Important Juvenile Justice Court Cases Guest: Holton Lorenz & Alejandro Luna This is the 15th week of the 2023 fall semester at HCC and Bingham’s class is studying the topic Juvenile Justice. Today’s guest, Holton and Alejandro discuss important juvenile justice court cases. Bingham, Lorenz and Luna discuss the following:  Their career path Why they’re taking the course What high school they attended Their favorite constitutional right In re Gault In re Winship Kent v. United States Schall v. Martin Breed v. Jones McKeiver v Pennsylvania Should a felon be allowed to vote ..read more

Episode 83: Electronic Monitoring and Drug Court Guest: Courtney Lindsey and Caroline Carr This is the 13th week of the 2023 fall semester at HCC and Bingham’s class is studying the topic Corrections in the community. Today’s guests, Courtney Lindsey and Caroline Carr discuss the goals of Electronic Monitoring and Drug Court. Included in this episode is Courtney and Caroline's:  Anticipated career path Why they’re taking the course What high school they attended Their favorite constitutional right Electronic Monitoring Defined Drug Court Defined The goal of drug court The goal of electro ..read more