Anti-LGBTQ Bias in the Criminal Legal System – Video Replay

10:00 – 11:15am

Panel Discussion

Panelists will discuss legal issues concerning juror and judicial bias in the criminal legal system using case studies. They will explain efforts to address how education, jury selection, and judicial codes of ethics are tools to safeguard from bias. Panelist Valena Betty will discuss her new book, Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights (Citadel Press, June 2022). The book discusses Leigh Stubbs and her co-defendant Tami Vance, who were both convicted of a crime that never occurred because of homophobia, bogus bite mark evidence, and our fixation on the War on Drugs.

Panelists:

Richard Saenz, Esq.

Lambda Legal

New York, NY

Valena Beety

Arizona State University

Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Phoenix, AZ

Candace Lillie Bond-Theriault

Director, Racial Justice Policy & Strategy, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Columbia Law School

New York, NY

Ethan Rice, Esq.

Lambda Legal

New York, NY

1.5 Credits in Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias