Part of 'Jena 6' conviction dropped; charges reduced
Posted On Saturday, September 15, 2007 at at 11:42 AM by Dan
This was posted on the Free the Jena 6 website. Looks like a partial victory, but there still has to be pressure on the D.A. Rally next week people!
HOUSTON — Ruling in a racially charged case that has drawn scrutiny from national civil rights leaders, a judge in the small central Louisiana town of Jena on Tuesday partially vacated the conviction of a black teenager accused in the beating of a white student while the district attorney reduced attempted murder charges against two other black co-defendants.
Judge J.P. Mauffray threw out a conspiracy conviction against Mychal Bell, granting a defense motion that Bell's June trial was improperly held in adult court and should instead have been conducted as a juvenile proceeding.
