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 Davis

A woman miscarries—and is charged with murder. A new mother tests positive for a drug her hospital administered—and loses custody of her newborn. Four women are convicted of horrific crimes against children they never touched, based on junk science and homophobia—and spend nearly twenty years...