Texas Justice in Tulia , Texas

Last year at one of my Rotary Meetings,we were visited by Dr.Alan Bean who is one of the founders of the Friends of Justice. Dr. Bean is shown here with fellow board members of the Friends of Justice. Dr.Bean is shown,bottom rightin the picture.The Friends of Justice web site is located at http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/

The following commentary is from the web site.
Friends of Justice is a nonprofit organization that works to uphold due process for all Americans.
Friends of Justice formed in response to the infamous Tulia drug sting of 1999 in which 47 people, 39 of them African Americans, were rounded up based on the false testimony of an undercover agent. Friends of Justice emerged as a coalition of defendant’s families and other concerned citizens who believed the defendants were being prosecuted on faulty evidence. Because of the work of Friends of Justice, the Texas Legislature passed the Tulia Corroboration Bill, which has led to the exoneration of dozens of innocent people by raising the standards for undercover testimony.
I am proud to be a friend of Dr. Alan Beam ,a man with Christian principles who when it comes to justice ,he not only talks the talk ,he walks the walk .
Tonight PBS 13 will be debuting the Tulia Texas .I highly recommend it.