***Newsflash* **non-white teenager convicted of aggravated second-degree battery by all-white jury

JENA -- After deliberating for less than three hours Thursday, an all-white jury of six returned with a unanimous guilty verdict on the highest possible charges for the first member of the "Jena Six" to face trial.

Mychal Bell, 17, could be as old as 40 when released from jail if given the maximum sentence for aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime -- more than 22 years. He was 16 when the incident took place.

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Non-white teen guilty in La. high school beating of white
Teenager says he never saw who attacked him

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