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Valena Beety

@valenabeety.bsky.social
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Criminal Law Prof, Indiana University Maurer (@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social). Post-Conviction Litigator, Indiana Innocence Project. Writer, MANIFESTING JUSTICE; PINK CRIME (Aug 2026). www.valenabeetyjd.com

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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you @amandaknox.com for having me on Hard Knox and lifting up #brendaandrew case. Only #scotus thought the gender tropes were a problem - and she’s appealing to #scotus again. #pinkcrimebook #deathpenalty #genderbias @thenewpress.bsky.social amandaknox.substack.com/p/how-junk-s...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Imagine being afraid of drag queens and books?” Great day in Chapel Hill for #bannedbooksweek with friends, students, queer folks, Epilogue bookstore, Burmese food, Carolina Coffee, and some #pinkcrimebook talks. Thank you @uncchapelhill.bsky.social ! @thenewpress.bsky.social #lgbtq
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s #bannedbooksweek and #northcarolina week for me - time for challenging conversations on controversial topics @dukelaw.bsky.social & UNC. Join us if you’re in town! #pinkcrimebook @thenewpress.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks for a great conversation!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m thankful today to speak with Kate Mogulescu, Center for Criminal Justice Brooklyn Law School for the Brooklyn Book Festival - and to include a recorded interview with my client Tasha Shelby. www.freetashashelby.com If you can join us it’s 6-7:30pm Sept 22. I love the Brooklyn Law faculty!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hi friends! I’m in Chicago on Tuesday and I’d love to see you - stop by @northwesternlaw.bsky.social or @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social in Hyde Park and say hi.
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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A huge thanks to Professor Amy Monagan @umnlawschool.bsky.social for this generous @jotwell.bsky.social review of my new article re: regulating healthcare coverage algorithms forthcoming in the @michlawreview.bsky.social
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New footage of bulldozers plowing through Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to construct a border wall.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Combatting the Criminalization of LGBTQ+People" is live thanks to Nathan Cisneros @williamsinstitute.bsky.social, D Dangaran Hawaii Law, Deborah Lolai @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social, Ethan Rice @lambdalegal.org, and Jared Trujillo @cunylaw.bsky.social #pinkcrimebook www.lawline.com/course/comba...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My publisher @thenewpress.bsky.social is working on it - I really hope so! I’d love to do the reading myself too.
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@charleshb@mastodon.sdf.org @charleshb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Green and( @podcastgreenred.bsky.social )Red Podcast w/ Bob( @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social )Buzzcano & Scott( @sparki1969.bsky.social )Parkin '"Pink Crime": Criminalizing Motherhood, Pregnancy, Abortion and Queer Identity w/ Pro. Valena( @valenabeety.bsky.social )Beety' www.youtube.com/watch?v=efYO...
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"Pink Crime": Criminalizing Motherhood, Pregnancy, Abortion and Queer Identity w/ Pro. Valena Beety
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you! Happy to talk with anyone who’s interested in #pinkcrimebook and looking forward to my visit with @mdefenders.bsky.social
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MDefenders at Michigan Law @mdefenders.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
MDefenders is reading Pink Crime...Maybe you should too! In Oct we'll meet with Professor @valenabeety.bsky.social, an innocence litigator, to discuss her new book Pink Crime: Fighting the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. valenabeetyjd.com/books/pink-c...
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Pink Crime | Valena Beety
Pink Crime by Valena Beety examines wrongful convictions, queer criminalization, pregnancy prosecutions, and how the legal system punishes identity itself.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you! And how did I not know you’re a DJ lol! Next time I’m in AZ… :)
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you for tuning in - we had more info than we could fit into the time! Feel free to reach out anytime.
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 26/08/2026
Took a CLE yesterday on Combatting the Criminalization of LGBTQ+ People Going to pick presenter @valenabeety.bsky.social's new book bookshop.org/p/books/pink...
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Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity
When your identity is the crime, innocence is no defense"Beety . . . fills important gaps in our conversation around the criminal justice system and innocence." --Jen Marlowe, author of I Am Troy Davi...
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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you’re wondering about the DA’s tactics in the Lindsey Clancy case - they have long, historical roots. 🎧 Pink Crime with @valenabeety.bsky.social. ⬇️ @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I wrote a short essay for The Conversation about the U.S. government’s ever more expansive collection of sensitive health care data domestically and abroad AND theconversation.com/us-governmen...
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US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening
Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“I was so naïve,” said Mallerie Shirley, regarding the investigation into her family. “I thought that nothing was going to come of this. But I was mistaken.” Families investigated by CPS for kids playing outside alone. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/w...
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Should Letting Children Play Alone Outside Be a Crime?
Some parents have been surprised to find themselves in the legal system’s cross hairs.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thank you @statecourtreport.org Kathrina Wolfkot @brennancenter.org, discussing faulty forensic evidence at trial as a due process violation even in states w/out junk science writs. Sotomayor's McCrory concurrence signals state legislatures to adopt junk science writs, too. tinyurl.com/mvtsk4st
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Do “Junk Science” Convictions Violate Due Process?
The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled that a conviction obtained using later-discredited scientific evidence is unconstitutional; relief in these situations depends on state law.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@innocenceproject.bsky.social @innocencenetwork.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@amandaknox.com tells & transforms her wrongful conviction: "Knox ... refused to let Britain’s tabloid press influence her choices. 'There is a defiant streak in me that’s like, you know what? I didn’t hurt anybody. I’m not at fault for what happened.’" Truth. @nytimes.com tinyurl.com/46hsuz8v
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At Edinburgh Fringe, Amanda Knox Takes the Mic to Reclaim Her Story
In a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Knox is trying to turn her tabloid infamy into stand-up humor, despite an intense backlash.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Over-criminalization in the U.S. can show Great Britain why not to follow this same path. Thank you Anusha Imtiyaz and @lseblogs.bsky.social for this insightful review of Pink Crime. #pinkcrimebook @thenewpress.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Book sighting! #catsforpinkcrimebook - thanks Shangela the Cat and @dorfmandoron.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you Maybell!
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Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pink Crime is an absolute must-read for anyone who cares about wrongful convictions, and the criminalization of women and queer people. I was so thrilled to get to talk to @valenabeety.bsky.social about her new book for @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/pink-crime-v...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thank you Sarah!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s book launch day for Pink Crime and here’s the first sighting out in the world - Books Are Magic in Brooklyn! If you see the book somewhere, please post or let me know! 🥳 @thenewpress.bsky.social
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's book launch week for Pink Crime so let’s lift up other crucial books on wrongful convictions of women and queer people: Inkd.in/e3eVVJU5 Audrey Edmunds, @jessicahenryjustice.com, @hughryan.bsky.social, Andrea Ritchie, Joey Mogul, and Kent Roach - amazing authors, leaders, and creatives.
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thanks so much for asking, I’m working on it! 🤞🏼
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Cora Neas, ghost reporter @corabora.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
My story about the 60th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting drops tomorrow at 7 a.m. CT on KXAN
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fantastic piece by Adam here:
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What can we learn from children raised by LGBTQ+ parents? A new JOTWELL essay reviews scholarship on "intergenerational queer families" and challenges the myths underlying many anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Worth a read: equality.jotwell.com/gay-son-of-a...
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Gay Son of a Gay? That’s Perfectly OK! - Equality
Bella Mancini Pori & Edward Stein, Multi-Generation Queer Families: Foregrounding the LGBTQIA+ Children of LGBTQIA+ People, 26 Geo. J. Gender & L. 57 (2024).Doron DorfmanNot long ago, a friend in his ...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“These are criminal cases that are about punishing women and queer people for their #bodilyautonomy, for their gender, and for their gender performance.” Check out my new interview with @theappeal.org @elizabethweill.bsky.social discussing Pink Crime: theappeal.org/new-book-exa... #socialjustice
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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.
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Associate Professor of Law or Professor of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington is seeking outstanding entry-level and lateral tenured/tenure-track applicants to meet needs in a variety of curricular areas caused by planned r...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“While dying of AIDS in a sixth-floor walk-up in Hell’s Kitchen, and before taking his own life, the gay Cuban ex-pat writer, Reinaldo Arenas wrote a memoir.” Already captivated by @northeasternu.bsky.social Professor @libbyadler.bsky.social new book: Governing the Terrain Called Beauty.
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Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Check out my interview with @valenabeety.bsky.social about her amazing new book on "Pink Crime"! theappeal.org/new-book-exa...
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New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred
In <em>Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity</em>, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy an...
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Illinois took a step toward accountability with HB 3663, increasing compensation for wrongful imprisonment, expanding eligibility for restitution, and helping ensure more compensation reaches exonerees. tinyurl.com/5x8uhdze tinyurl.com/ym3fcswk
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Does #AEDPA apply in US Territories? I learned from @emmanuelarnaud.bsky.social that’s just the tip of the iceberg for problems litigating and obtaining post-conviction relief. Thank you #crimfest and @bennettcapers.bsky.social @cbhessick.bsky.social @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social for organizing!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Freebie alert: if you pre-order Pink Crime in July, you'll get a discussion guide for starting meaningful conversations and taking action to stop pink crime. Here's a short form to fill out- forms.gle/EnvH722NkaoR... Feel free to fill it out again to give a copy to a friend, too. #pinkcrimebook
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thanks Doron and for our discussion on queer families.
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The event for @valenabeety.bsky.social's new @thenewpress.bsky.social book Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity @bgsqd.bsky.social was fantastic! Vital discussion on queer identity & liberation. Order here: thenewpress.org/books/pink-c...
A woman wearing a colorful outfit hugging a man in green shirt holding a yellow book. They are smiling at the camera
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thank you @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and #Crimfest folks for coming to @bgsqd.bsky.social for our book talk!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Serial killers, sumptuary laws, police mislabels, misogyny - it was a great first talk for #pinkcrimebook - and at @bgsqd.bsky.social @lgbtcenternyc.bsky.social with @hughryan.bsky.social and @tinaluongo.bsky.social ! Thanks everyone who came!
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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Up early for bagels and #crimfest papers and the awesome @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social hippo! Great start to the day!
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