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!

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

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...

Thank you @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and #Crimfest folks for coming to @bgsqd.bsky.social for our book talk!

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!

Up early for bagels and #crimfest papers and the awesome @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social hippo! Great start to the day!

So much junk science to talk about with @corabora.bsky.social - and what to do if police are investigating you for #pinkcrime. Thanks Cora!

It's #disabilitypride month, and 30% of proceeds from every presale of Pink Crime will go to Movement for Family Power: challenging family policing of all vulnerable families and mamas, "breaking isolation, and transforming narratives." Code FAMILYPOWER #pinkcrimebook

How does fear in our society promote victim-blaming, and revictimize women who have survived trauma? Thank you Zawn Villines and @liberatemotherhood.bsky.social for the conversation on criminalized victimization, how the legal system weaponizes women's trauma against them, and #pinkcrimebook.

"Trauma is a key factor when falsely confess." Thank you @indypendent.bsky.social author Eleanor Bader for the thoughtful review of Pink Crime: indypendent.org/2026/06/pink...

Thanks @dorfmandoron.bsky.social and Shangela the cat!

The Indypendent captured the essence of Pink Crime vividly. You can pre-order Pink Crime through the link in my bio. #PinkCrimeBook indypendent.org/2026/06/pink...

Trans fam: your lives are precious no matter what the fuck these people say translifeline.org/hotline/

Pete Buttigieg's 24 hours away from his 4-year-old twins wasn't just cruel. It was a warning. While we can all see the cruelty of this act, what some people will miss is that in this case Buttigieg's identity itself was the crime. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

The false CPS report against Pete Buttigieg is an attack on #queer families and treats queer parenthood as suspicious. In wrongful convictions we repeatedly see queer people accused of made up crimes and being inherently dangerous based on identity. #pinkcrimebook @innocenceproject.bsky.social

Women and queer people in rural communities, like in my home state of Indiana, are affected by pregnancy criminalization, abortion criminalization, and queer criminalization. Thank you to Assn. of American Law Schools Criminal Law Section for the chance to talk about rural courts and pink crime.

Thank you to Association of American Law Schools Criminal Law Section for the chance to talk about rural courts and pink crime. #PinkCrimeBook

Roe v. Wade fell four years ago this week. Now, let's focus on coalition building and passing new laws. We can do this. #PinkCrimeBook #ReproForAll

Today, the four year anniversary of Dobbs, this book is more relevant than ever. Yes, as many others are writing today, the threats continue and the impact has been terrible. But there's another, much more important, part of the story -- people are still getting and providing abortion care. /1

We have all heard histories of wrongful convictions of women. I spoke about the Salem witch trials on @academiclife.bsky.social with Dr. Christina Gessler and how women have been persecuted and convicted of no-crime offenses for centuries. Listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts.

This piece is a powerful reminder that plea bargains are often far less “knowing and voluntary” than our legal system pretends, especially when defendants must waive rights before they know what sentence or conditions they will face. @reason.com reason.com/2026/06/19/a...

A new Conviction Integrity Unit led by former staff attorney, Donald Caster, at Ohio Innocence Project. This is a wonderful development for those who were wrongfully convicted in Hamilton County, OH. local12.com/news/local/n...

Thank you, Dr. Christina Gessler, for having me on @academiclife.bsky.social to talk about Pink Crime. Listen through the link below or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

What is Pink Crime about? Thanks, @nbcnews.com Las Vegas, for asking and for recognizing #pridemonth. #pinkcrimebook #criminaljusticereform

Oliva on Government Goes Goop Jennifer D. Oliva (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) has posted Government Goes Goop, published in 75 Emory L.J. Online 32 (2026), on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that the appointment of prominent wellness and antivaccine figures to senior…

New book by rockstar law professor @valenabeety.bsky.social, "Pink Crime," will spotlight wrongful convictions affecting women, LGBTQ+ people: news3lv.com/news/local/n...

Gender equality and democracy rise and fall together. Thanks to @carmenriosss.bsky.social of @msmagazine.com for clearly arguing this in her essay. Read it here. Feminist Lessons from 2020 to Present: The Fight for Democracy Is Far From Over msmagazine.com/2026/06/09/f...

This article note from Planned Parenthood debunks common miscarriage misconceptions. It's worth a read. open.substack.com/pub/pposbc/p...

Wrongful conviction litigation works. Thanks to her team, Jerry Mitchell, and the Mississippi Innocence Project, Tameshia Shelton is one step closer to exoneration. www.djournal.com/mississippi-...

When the government takes years of a person’s life through a wrongful conviction, compensation should be accessible, meaningful, and not dependent on geography or procedural happenstance. Anyone concerned with justice after exoneration should read this piece from Law360 calling on Congress to act.

A teen put in handcuffs at gunpoint over a bag of chips in his pocket. A woman arrested for a crime in a state she had never been to. These are examples of how use of AI in policing can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions. Read more here: www.upi.com/Voices/2026/...

Congratulations, @innocenceproject.bsky.social, for your Telly Award! ‘What I Didn’t Know,’ a short film about strength and resilience, looks at the experience of life after wrongful conviction and incarceration. youtu.be/Mt_prlNPCbM?...

New York law makes it nearly impossible for innocent people who plead guilty and don’t have the benefit of DNA evidence to go back to court and prove their innocence. Urge Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act (A.7422-C) to the Assembly today. bit.ly/42qOYao

My forthcoming book Pink Crime is "a startling revelation of misogyny embedded deeply in the U.S. legal system," according to @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read their review of Pink Crime here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781620979716

“Our species’ ability to come up with unexpected and original ideas is something to protect and nurture… A world where creative thinking flourishes is a world that has a better chance to weather the changes that A.I. will bring.” @nytimes.com @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social @brookings.edu

When most people think of wrongful convictions, they don't think of wrongful convictions of queer people. The Satanic Panic is a key example where queer people were targeted and yet have been glossed over. This Pride Month, let's learn from the 80s backlash to understand and challenge that of today.

"The Satanic Panic coincided with a rise in conservative political & social influence & a broader backlash against feminism and LGBTQ rights." On the little-told history of queer criminalization in the Satanic Panic from Valena Beety for the start of Pride Month.

I want to send a special thank you to the students of the LGBTQ+ Rights Discussion Group at the University of Oxford. This talk kicked off a three day trip to talk about my forthcoming book, Pink Crime. Here is a photo of me with some of the discussion group folks. #PinkCrime #LGBTQRights

Proud to celebrate my longtime client, Tasha Mercedes Shelby, on earning her Associate of Arts degree from Hinds Community College along with five other incarcerated Mississippians. Tasha is a member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, further proving her dedication to academic achievements.

“On International Missing Children’s Day, the European Parliament lights up in blue to ensure no missing child is forgotten. We stand in solidarity with the families who never stop searching,” - Ewa Kopacz, European Parliament Vice-President and Coordinator on Children's Rights.

“On Wednesday morning, the Justice Department went to court to advance an argument that, if accepted, would all but erase the existence of transgender people in the law.” Read my report at Law Dork:

Loved working on this Op Ed with Katie Kronick, supported by ‪@scholars.org‬. Excited delirium's horrors persist. truthout.org/articles/exc...

So excited to speak on May 28 at the SOAS Brunei Gallery with @clivestaffordsmith.bsky.social

I'm amazed I get to speak at the lecture hall for the Brunei Gallery SOAS University of London, which is currently exhibiting "In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere." www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... 1/4

Thank you to IU Maurer Law team for highlighting my new book, Pink Crime, and the important conversations surrounding it. Read the post on the IU Maurer blog: blogs.iu.edu/maurerlaw/20...

Thanks to Ensar Tota & @theregreview.bsky.social for featuring my Regulating Healthcare Coverage Algorithms work. Relevant papers in the Indiana Law Journal & forthcoming in the @michlawreview.bsky.social are located here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... and here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Introducing my forthcoming book, Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. Pink Crime tells the stories of women and queer people who were convicted of crimes that never occurred and warns of the laws coming next. Out August 4 from the New Press!

On Tuesday, May 26, I will be presenting my forthcoming book "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" to the LGBT+ Rights Discussion Group at the University of Oxford. This event kicks off a three day book tour in England.

Congratulations to Professor Holning Lau for releasing this important report alongside The Williams Institute. @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social is excited to welcome Prof. Lau during the Indiana Law Journal Symposium on Pink Crime this fall.