Jena Six Struggle Continues

Last Friday a judge denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week's civil rights protest in Louisiana. Mychal Bell's request to be freed while an appeal is being reviewed was rejected at a juvenile court hearing, effectively denying him any chance at immediate bail, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because juvenile court proceedings are closed.

Source: The Associated Press

Melissa Bell, mother of Mychal Bell, right, cries and hugs her sister, Jennifer, after a hearing for her son at the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, La., Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)