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Mychael Bell Not Free In Jena
September 18th, 2007
Mychael Bell is still not free today because the Judge and District Attorney simply decided not to show up or be bothered. A bail hearing yesterday left Jena 6 lawyers standing alone. The DA didn’t even put the bail hearing on his calander, according to his office; showing he had no intention of dealing with the overturned conviction which a Louisiana Appeals Court handed down last Friday, ruling that the charges should have been brought in juvenile court.
Judge J.P. Mauffray and District Attorney Reed Walters are flagrantly thumbing their noses at the legal system, and what seems to be an act of collusion. They are going to do what they want to do; and they are determined to destroys these boys lives, and keep them locked up.
This is why I told people not to celebrate over the weekend becaue of the overturned conviction. Genarlow Wilson’s conviction was overturned on June 11, and he’s still in prision in Georgia.
The info on the DA and Judge not showing up was derived from the following article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/18/2007-09-18_towns_da_and_judge_fail_to_show_for_jena-2.html
I’m going to call a lawyer working on the case, Alan Bean, and if I get a response from him, I’ll report back.
This is why we said the March will go on; despite the overturned conviction.
Join the Virtual March if you can’t be in Jena on September 20th.
Edited to Add: I’ve just spoken directly with Mychael Bell’s lawyer, Bob Noel from a Monroe LA court house were he’s picking a jury on another case.
Mr. Noel informs me that 3 of their lawyers showed up for the hearing yesterday on a continuation for bail, but he’s not sure if the court simply neglected to schedule it or if there was just a miscommunication.
A bit of information I had not heard before is that the Jena 6 lawyers have more than one motion submitted to have Judge J.P Mauffray dismissed from the case. The State Supreme Court has already appointed a Judge to hear that motion.
The next step for Mychael Bell is to go around Mauffray. Lawyers are working to have the 3rd Circuit Appeals Court, who overturened his conviction, “set a bond, or to get someone free him”, as Mr. Noel told me. So it isn’t simply up to Mauffray; Bell could be released by another court.
Not to pop my own collar, but folks, you can’t even get news like this on CNN. You might as well just check in with me and my $14.95 for three months, amateur blog.
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Go ahead and pop your collar, We’ll brush your shoulders off.
Excuse me while I go vomit. This just makes me feel ill. These people need to be stopped, disbarred, tried.
Mauffray should have his day in court soon; hopefully we can go after Walters soon.
Classic comment, Mrs. Grapevine ^_^
Indeed Yobachi, Blackperspective.net is necessary to our community.
http://purplezoe.blogspot.com/2007/09/concerned-blogosphere-launches.html
The Virtual March press release was finally distributed through pr.com ^_^
The link above is the official sign up blog entry where folks can add their sites as Virtual Marchers and also anyone who finds a Virtual Marcher can add the site to the list in the comments.
I’m included links to updates on Jena 6 (many will come from Blackperspective.net) as well.
Peace Yobachi
It looks like we will have to return to JENA in larger numbvers to inssure justice is done. Just like back in the ike back in the day Gov. Wallace and Bo Conner didn’t get the first message. The young people will
simply have to take charge of this movement;i.e college students, hip-hop activists, ministers,etc.
Take it back to the streets; its the only message they respect and understand. As`Frederick Douglass once
once said; “…power concedes nothing; it never did and it never will….”
Ron Mathis
Word!
Coincidentally, we watched that video about the childrens march in Burmingham on the bus on
our way down to Jena. I also quoted that Douglass quote to folks in our discussions on the bus
coming back yesterday.
Revolutions are always led by young people. It’s our generations time to step up.