In this episode of Measured Justice, A4J Faculty Director Erik Luna speaks with Beety; as well as Richard Saenz, Senior Attorney and Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Strategist at Lambda Legal; and Candace Bond-Theriault, Director of Racial Justice Policy & Strategy for the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School, to discuss the implications of Beety’s book and the broader story of a broken criminal justice system where defendants—including disproportionate numbers of women of color and queer individuals—are convicted due to racism, prejudice, coerced confessions, and false identifications.
Writing & Media
My opinion pieces about crime and justice have been published in USA Today, the Arizona Republic, and other news outlets. In my own writing and discussions with journalists, I focus on people who are harmed in our criminal legal system, both victims and defendants.
Time to ACT UP in the wake of Dobbs
The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health does more than overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which held that pregnant people have a constitutional right to abortion health care under the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
In the Opioid Epidemic Prosecutions Don’t Always Help Victims
Featured on Literary Hub – https://lithub.com/in-the-opioid-epidemic-prosecutions-dont-always-help-victims/ After working as a Rape Victim Advocate, I knew that I wanted to become […]
Clarence Dixon’s execution reignites death penalty debate
Featured on ABC – https://www.abc15.com/news/state/clarence-dixons-execution-reignites-death-penalty-debate Clarence Dixon is scheduled to be the first person executed in Arizona in eight years on […]
The rise and fall of Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus reveals the immense power of prosecutors – and how it can be abused
Paulus’s time as district attorney involved taking bribes, allegedly asking an officer to lie on the stand and bragging about having sex in his office.
Bogus Bite Mark Evidence and Homophobia: A Criminal Combination
Hear from two innocence litigators as they describe the harmful yet tantalizing power of faulty forensic evidence, and how it has been used to wrongly convict queer people of violent crimes. Queer author Valena Beety will discuss her book Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights, in conversation with Innocence Project Strategic Litigation Director Chris Fabricant about his book Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System.
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