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Aug 4
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Valena Beety, "Pink Crime: Fighting Agai...

Marshall Poe
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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 in prison before being exonerated. A queer teenager takes a p ... Show More
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