Underground Journal of Initiation

If you are looking for information on Mychal Bell's plea bargain, here is a concise report by Sherrel Wheeler Stewart . Mychal Bell, a former standout high school football player in Jena, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in juvenile custody for his role in the beating of a white classmate one year ago. The sentence is part of a plea agreement accepted by LaSalle Parish Judge J.P. Mauffrey three days before Bell was set to go to trial in juvenile court for the fight with Justin Barker on Dec. 4, 2006. The case captured national attention because of the severity of the initial charges and the fact that whites who committed offenses in the town were handled differently, parents and activists said. Under the plea, Bell: · Admitted to second degree battery, which would be a felony punishable by up to five years in prison if he in adult. · Was ordered to serve 18 months in the custody of the Office of Youth Development, receiving credit for time already served. · Agreed to pa...

At the 91st Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet in Charleston, SC, Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton expressed her support for the overturned conviction of the Mychal Bell and the Jena Six, respectively. Here are some of her comments from the evening's speech: “To feel as though the clock is being turned back is unacceptable in this country,” "There is no excuse for the way the legal system treated those young people," "We have to believe justice is blind in America," That all sounds nice Madame Candidate, but I've got to ask you: Can we expect for you to express you support for children being prosecuted illegally as adults after the outrage of the community has reached a fever's pitch and they are given relief by the courts all the time? *silence* Okay..I feel you. ..................but I don't trust you!

The Chicago Sun-Times reports, a Louisiana Appeals court has vacated the conviction of Mychal Bell on Friday: A state appeals court Friday threw out the only remaining conviction against one of the black teenagers accused in the beating of a white schoolmate in the racially tense north Louisiana town of Jena. In an interview Attorney Louis Scott explained that though initially relieved, Mychal is concerned about the Juvenile Justice system as well. His comments... “I explained it to Mychal in football terms,” Mr. Scott said. “We started the game down by a touchdown and a field goal. On Sept. 4, we got the field goal. Today, we got the touchdown. Now, we get to start the game all over again.” Next, it's time to fire the principal for not seeing these boys as his...and for not punishing them as per the school policy for fighting. Then, sue the District Attorney for malicious prosectuion, ie abuse of power. Finally, Judge Muffray needs to be unseated for trying this child as an adult...