1.3 Unit 1: Discussion Board (GRADED DISCUSSION)

This discussion aligns with the following learning objectives:

• Explain the relationship of criminal justice to general concepts of equity and fairness.
• Describe the American criminal justice system in terms of its three major components and their respective functions.
• Describe the process of American criminal justice, including the stages of criminal case processing.
• Define due process of law, including where the American legal system guarantees due process.
• Describe the role of evidence-based practice in contemporary criminal justice.

The high rates at which non-Whites are stopped, questioned, cited, arrested, or injured by the police present some of the most salient criminal justice policy phenomena in the United States (Kochel, Wilson, and Mastrofski, 2011 Links to an external site.; Lytle, 2014 Links to an external site.). In considering these incidents, it is important to note that the origins of policing in the United States are intimately interwoven with the countryàhistory of discrimination against non-White people, particularly toward Black people.

TASKS

*Select one case for review from the links below. After viewing the videos and considering their content, respond to the questions directly below the videos:

1. Glenn Ford -Video https://youtu.be/NZt8Sd9Wgu8 Links to an external site.
2. Angel Gonzalez Case -Innocent Project click on the link below:

• [https://innocenceproject.org/cases/angel-gonzalez/]Links to an external site.

**TASKS:

• Summarize the facts of the case
• Respond to the following questions:
  1. Did race play a role in the wrongful conviction of these two men?
  2. Did race play a role in the delayed implementation of justice for these two men?