Most of us believe that if a case made it to the courtroom, somebody checked the evidence. Valena Beety used to believe that too. She took a job as a federal prosecutor in DC to protect women from violence, and what she saw from the inside sent her to the other side of the courtroom, where she has spent her career fighting wrongful convictions.
In this conversation, Bruce sits down with the law professor, founder of the West Virginia Innocence Project, and author of Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. They dig into what happens when a hospital room turns into a crime scene, why forensic methods many of us grew up trusting on TV were never tested the way real science is, and why it is so much harder to undo a conviction than to win one.
These are stories about mothers, queer women, and poor families whose worst day became the start of a criminal case, and about who really gets the benefit of the doubt. If you have ever binged a true crime show and thought “they got the right person,” this one will make you look again.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Valena Beety: When Grief Becomes A Crime And Junk Science Wins 🔍💔🚨
00:02:10 When The Justice System Decides Guilt Before Checking The Facts 👀🔍🤔
00:04:52 Hoosier Roots: A GM Family And The Lesson That Life Isn’t Fair 🏭🍎💪
00:09:52 Her Office Jailed Survivors Who Refused To Testify In Court 😳🚔🔒
00:13:15 Cops Lining Up Their Stories Before The Prosecutor Ever Asks 🚨🤥👮
00:15:42 Levon Brooks And The Mom Who Could Finally Put Her Hammer Down 🔨🙏💔
00:18:37 Why Prosecutors Said No To DNA Testing Every Time She Asked 🧬🚫🤨
00:21:19 Ego, Pride Or Tunnel Vision? Why Prosecutors Fight Reversals 🎯🧠😤
00:25:23 Why A Black Dad Was Scared To Take His Hurt Daughter To The ER 🏥😟🚑
00:26:33 An Overdose Call, A Dentist And Bite Marks That Weren’t Real 🦷🚑❌
00:28:05 Junk Science Explained: Cop Built Forensics That Nobody Tested 🧪🚓📉
00:31:40 Forensic Files Was Built On Junk Science? Bruce Is Heartbroken 📺💔😩
00:35:26 Bruce’s Bruise Rule: What The Neighbors Would Assume About Him 🏠👀🚫
00:36:51 Kristine Bunch: A Mother Fought A Fire And Got Convicted Anyway 🔥🚲😢
00:41:10 A Miscarriage, A SWAT Team And A False Confession About Cinnamon 🤰🚔🫙
00:45:12 The Floating Lung Test That Turns Stillbirth Into A Murder Case 🫁🧪🚨
00:49:37 Hospital Drug Tests Can Punish Moms For Medicine They Received 🏥💉👶
00:53:35 How Doctors And Nurses Can Stop Turning Patients Into Suspects 🩺🤝🛑
00:55:02 Diaper Rash Photos And 126 Years: The Roseberline Turenne Case 📸🔒😱
00:59:58 Coming Home Exonerated: Why A Deodorant Aisle Is Overwhelming 🛒🧴😵
01:01:50 The Prosecutors We Elect Decide Whose Grief Becomes A Crime 📣👀✅
01:03:27 Closing Thoughts: Certainty Ain’t Justice, It’s Tunnel Vision 🎤🧠🛑
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