(CNN) -- A Louisiana appeals court ruled it was too early to consider a motion to release a black teenager who allegedly took part in beating up a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, last year.
The Tuesday ruling is the latest turn in the racially charged saga of a group known as the Jena 6 -- six black teens initially charged with attempted murder after they allegedly knocked out classmate Justin Barker and stomped him during a school fight. Five of the teens were charged as adults.
Civil rights groups and other organizations have marshaled thousands of people to march on Jena on Thursday, a day originally slated for 17-year-old Mychal Bell's sentencing hearing on battery and conspiracy convictions.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six/index.html?eref=rss_topstoriesThis is pretty much a continuation of the original thread I started in the other forum before the upgrade. Like in the last thread, I'm glad Mycah Bell's original charges were dropped but I still think the original case is pure racism.
