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jimjames418
June 27th, 2009, 4:40 pm
It is finally over. Guilty, but no jail time. :rolleyes:

Associated Press (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRhUbYLvMhsIydqlCUXsqJGlzsIAD992SEVG0)
JENA, La. (AP) — The Jena Six case, which once prompted a massive civil rights demonstration and drew international attention, saw the final chapter played out quietly.

Five neatly dressed young men answered "Yes Sir," on Friday as state District Judge Tom Yeager asked them if they accepted the terms of a deal that included pleading no contest to misdemeanor simple battery.

The charges against the five — Carwin Jones, Jesse Ray Beard, Robert Bailey Jr., Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw — had previously been reduced from attempted murder to aggravated second-degree battery after they were accused of beating and kicking schoolmate Justin Barker.

johnrocks
June 27th, 2009, 4:48 pm
The 7th one served time,got out and is back in trouble.

LouC
June 27th, 2009, 4:49 pm
The 7th one served time,got out and is back in trouble.

But he's such a nice boy!

LouC
June 27th, 2009, 4:50 pm
It is finally over. Guilty, but no jail time. :rolleyes:

Associated Press (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRhUbYLvMhsIydqlCUXsqJGlzsIAD992SEVG0)

The Jena Six episode might be over but there are chapters yet to be written in their lives.

johnrocks
June 27th, 2009, 4:51 pm
The Jena Six episode might be over but there are chapters yet to be written in their lives.

Yep,revisit this in 5 and 10 years.

BillyBobUSA
June 27th, 2009, 5:03 pm
This was not justice.

The assault these kids committed earned them hard jail time but they wont get it because the race-baiters were causing too much trouble.

jimjames418
June 27th, 2009, 5:20 pm
This was not justice.

The assault these kids committed earned them hard jail time but they wont get it because the race-baiters were causing too much trouble.
True. But what can you expect with the current judicial system which looks out for the criminal instead of the vicitim.

sgtmac_46
June 27th, 2009, 6:32 pm
Yep,revisit this in 5 and 10 years.

You'll have to do it on Sunday's between 1pm and 3pm and get cleared by the Warden first.

RickRhetoric
June 27th, 2009, 7:01 pm
They are simply just too cute to be punished.

johnrocks
June 27th, 2009, 8:47 pm
You'll have to do it on Sunday's between 1pm and 3pm and get cleared by the Warden first.

:))