FoJ’s own Lydia Bean posted a guest piece on Sojourner’s blog, God’s Politics today.

“The Hebrew prophets warn us that when we don’t hold our laws to God’s standard of peace and justice, powerful people will use the law as a weapon to crush the poor and advance their own interests. I work with a faith-based organization called Friends of Justice, which organizes in poor communities across Texas and Louisiana to hold our criminal justice system accountable to our nation’s highest values. This week, we brought international media attention to a dramatic trial in Jena, Louisiana, to show what happens when our criminal justice system becomes a weapon in the hands of the powerful.”

Read the rest of the post at:

http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2007/07/lydia-bean-racial-injustice-in.html