September 14th, 2007
Jena 6 Convictions Has Been Over Turned
A state appeals court on Friday threw out the only remaining conviction against one of the black teenagers accused in the beating of a white schoolmate in the racially tense north Louisiana town of Jena.
Mychal Bell, 17, should not have been tried as an adult, the state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal said in tossing his conviction on aggravated battery, for which he was to have been sentenced Thursday. His conspiracy conviction in the December beating of student Justin Barker was already thrown out by another court.
If the media didn’t get a hold of this story they would be doing years in jail.
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September 14th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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September 14th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
You see what happens when we BLACK people stick together. We can litterally move mountains. Praise GOD I LOVE every single BLACK person on earth. This does shows how incredibly POWERFUL we are. If we could just come together more, MY GOD!!! we would seriously be running things around the WORLD.
September 14th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Thats so true about the last part: If the media didn’t get a hold of this story they would be doing years in jail…
I wish them all the best man word.
September 14th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Thank God!
September 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
CO SIGN LYNN1!
September 14th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
I’m so happy to see they got off but this is just one case that caught the attention of the media & the people. too bad this type of sh*t is happening all to often to blacks that don’t have the financial resources to defend themselves or the media to help them out. I hope someone comes up with a way for our people to stop being overcharged on minor crimes & a system to get all the wrongly convicted cases looked at ….
I’ll take this one win for now but we still can’t just sit back & relax though……..
September 14th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I’ll take this one win for now but we still can’t just sit back & relax though……..
September 14th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
YES!!!!!!! OMG I’M SOOO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT!!!!!!! that is wonderful
i really hope they can move on and do wonders
September 14th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Glad to hear that see, Agree if the media never got told of it they would be doing some serious jail time.
September 14th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
The media got a hold of it… I barely saw any mention of the issue on t.v.
But I’m glad they’re convictions were over turned and I hope they don’t have any blemishes on they’re records remaining.
September 14th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
im happy for them they shouldnt have had 2 go through that in the first place its a shame black people still get treated like their ancestors were treated when they were enslaved if it were reversed there wouldnt have been a trial not even a slap on the hand for the white boys
September 14th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
by the way people quick to get on here when its news about a celebrity or some video hoe but not when its some real news/issues to be discussed thats whats wrong with the black community now real talk
September 14th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
glad its overturned…if they got convicted…it would of caused mass hysteria everywhere
September 14th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
thank god
September 15th, 2007 at 12:24 am
THATS REAL COO THEY OVERTURNED THAT SHIT MAN THANKS FOR DA NEWS REAL TALK NY…
September 15th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
The hand of God was definatly with our brothers and sisters down there in Jena. However, lets not forget that its only been a few years scince this country has ended this kind of treatment by law. Those same people that made laws to oppress us are still living. They have children who take on their belifes and still have a stronghold in powerful places….But on that note lets come together get rid of that DA that started all this..
September 16th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Real motherfuckin talk, if it weren’t for websites, blogs and the rest of the online movement, the mainstream media wouldn’t have picked up on it.
And this also proves that we do have a voice and its being heard.
September 17th, 2007 at 5:08 am
^^^^^^^^^^real talk. this is a beautiful thing!!!
September 17th, 2007 at 6:40 am
This is a beautiful thing but let’s remember that this only affects 1 of the 6; there are still 5 other young men that need the same online and eventual media attention. We’re not done yet!