Two books out this year from Valena Beety, AB ’02, JD ’06, reflect the commitments that have guided her career for the last 13 years. She’s the author of Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights, and the coeditor of The Wrongful Convictions Reader. Now deputy director of the Academy for Justice at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, she was a staff attorney at the Mississippi Innocence Project and the founding director of the West Virginia Innocence Project.
Interviews
ASU law professor shines light on lesbian couple’s wrongful convictions in new book
The Show spoke with Beety to learn about the women’s story and how it fits into the U.S. justice system.
‘I made a mistake’ – Medical examiner changes homicide finding, but convicted woman still behind bars
Advancing technology shows that some “shaken babies” may have died of illness or hereditary disorders
‘Cultural Bias’ and Wrongful Convictions of Women
Women are more likely than men to be convicted for crimes they didn’t commit—or for crimes that never occurred—and they often face harsher sentences, a webinar was told.
Brittney Griner: What’s next after WNBA star pleads guilty in Russia?
The 31-year American basketball star Brittney Griner has appeared in court in Moscow, where she pleaded guilty to a drug […]
LGBTQ+ People Are Vulnerable to Wrongful Conviction
In the case of Leigh Stubbs and Tami Vance, sexuality became a proxy for guilt.
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