Valena E. Beety

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COVID-19 and Criminal Justice
Valena E. Beety
Valena E. Beety is Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and Deputy Director of Academy for Justice.
Brandon L. Garrett
Brandon L. Garrett is L. Neil Williams Professor of Law and Director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University School of Law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the boundaries of our criminal legal system, testing the entrenchment of patterns in incarceration, policing, and surveillance.

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Pretrial Dismissal in the Interest of Justice: A Response to COVID-19 and Protest Arrests
Valena E. Beety
Professor of Law, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Deputy Director, Academy for Justice.

Thank you for excellent feedback from Darryl Brown and Anna Roberts, both of whom have written valuable scholarship on dismissals in the interest of justice.  My gratitude as well to ASU law students Zach Stern, Priyal Thakkar, and Alejandra Curiel Molina for their research assistance. Finally, thank you to University of Chicago Law Review editor Matthew Reade for his insightful edits on this piece, and for his tremendous work and partnership in organizing this symposium.

The most dangerous place to be in America is prison or jail.