Jena 6 Defendant Released on Bail

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Source: ABC

Teen in Jena 6 Case Released on Bail After D.A. Drops Effort to Try Him As an Adult



A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him freed.

Mychal Bell's release on $45,000 bail came hours after a prosecutor confirmed he will no longer seek an adult trial for the 17-year-old. Bell, one of the teenagers known as the Jena Six, still faces trial as a juvenile in the December beating in this small central Louisiana town.

"We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is closer to an even playing field," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped organize last week's protest.

"He goes home because a lot of people left their home and stood up for him," Sharpton said.



Read more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3662083

[uppityperson]

1. Yeah! k&r. About time.

[flashl]

2. I am happy for him and his mother. n/t

[EFerrari]

3. About f#cking time.

[otohara]

4. $45,000 Bail is

outrageous.

[hang a left]

6. I have never heard of bail for a juvenile.

But I have been out of the system for about 30 years.

[LaStrega]

5. It IS about f#cking time. And $45,000 IS outrageous! n/t

[Savannah_H]

7. reply

Watch today on Dr. Phil regarding this topic.

[annm4peace]

8. It is sad it took tooooooooo long

But I will celebrate tomorrow.

I will still wear black on Monday.. I hope people realize there are many more kids in jail, prisons and other confinments. We have a lot of work to do.

Big hugs to all the Jena 6

[flashl]

10. Still wear black on Monday

Across America, so called “zero tolerance” policies enforced in schools have created what is called the School to Prison Pipeline. Organizations like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana are seeking reform.

Support the NAACP, ACLU, and ANY organization that is working for school to prison reforms.

[LaStrega]

12. black on Monday? easy for me ... I was goth before goth was goth ...

hrm. Think I'll even give myself a new dye-job to boot. (wash that grey right outta my hair)

[aaronbees]

9. Good for him and the Jena 6

And good work, protesters.

Walters is a racist idiot for this quote:
"I firmly believe and am confident of the fact that had it not been for the direct intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ last Thursday, a disaster would have happened. You can quote me on that."

[flashl]

11. Yes, HIS Jesus saved Jena from the protesters. n/t

[emlev]

13. Hooray! Way overdue! And what a sweet pic! n/t