This event celebrates the release of the book Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Gender Identity (The New Press, August 2026). The panel will feature the book’s author, Professor Valena Beety, and Tasha Mercedez Shelby, a writer and advocate. These speakers will be in conversation with Brooklyn Law School Professor Kate Mogulescu. The event will focus on stories of wrongful convictions of women and queer people, whose identities are recast in criminal court as evidence of guilt through bias, junk science, and entrenched stereotypes.
Brooklyn Law School – 250 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 – accessible entrance & restroom
