#159 Wrongful Convictions and the Making of "Pink Crime"
Valena Beety spent her early career as a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C.—until a single funeral changed everything. Meeting an exoneree whose mother had just passed after fighting eighteen years for his freedom, Beety realized she wanted to be part of that grace, not the system that had denied it.
In this episode of Lawyers Who Learn, host David Schnurman, CEO of Lawline, talks with Beety, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law and a Lawline faculty member since 2024, whose course tackles the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people. Beety traces her path from federal…
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