DeeJayH

nothing good can EVER follow that opening

Stinger

It was nothing like the fight that ensued when the thugs trespassed at the private party. Had the thugs not gone where they were not invited, no fight. Had they left when they were requested to leave, no fight. They instigated it. At the school they gathered at a meeting place they choose where they knew the victim would be walking, took their places for the ambush and then completed the ambush. They planned it before it happened, an assault not a fight. Premeditated.

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dixon76710

Do you know what premeditation is?

Stinger

NO you don't know anything, on a first offense he would have recieved a light sentence not the full 22 years. Go listen to some qualfied attorney's. That is the irony of trying him as a juvenile, his probation comes into play and they will lock him up for longer than he would have served otherwise on the reduced charge.

It was equal taunting and taunting dose not justify an assault., especially a premeditated gang assault where the victim once knocked unconcious and on the ground is given more blows, lethal blows.

It doesn't matter who kicked or how many times, they were all a part of the assault. If you are involved in an armed robbery it doesn't matter who carried the gun, if someone is killed it doesn't matter who pulled the trigger.

No it wasn't and your claiming "smart people know that" is laughable.

They had to rule on the legal technicality.


He was on probation for two this was the third.

Mychal Bell, one of the "Jena Six" teenagers charged with beating a white student in Jena, La., is back in jail for violating terms of a previous probation, according to his attorney.
LaSalle Parish Judge J.P. Mauffrey sentenced Bell to 18 months in a juvenile facility for an earlier conviction of two counts of simple battery and two counts of criminal destruction of property, Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys, said Thursday.
'Jena 6' teen Bell back in jail - USATODAY.com



About time they got this thug off the streets.

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dixon76710

And it has been reported that one of the battery charges was for punching a girl in the face. With a man, he needs five friends and the element of surprise to sneak up from behind.

roguenuke

Being on probation means that you can't get into trouble again and you have to follow certain rules mandated by the court, or you have to serve the time in jail already given by a judge during your original sentencing. Bell was on probation. This is why he is in jail. These other convictions can be used against him, especially now that his case is in juvenile court.

The judges in the circuit court DID NOT rule that the charges were excessive. Their ruling was that Bell could not be TRIED as an adult for those charges. He is now being charged as a juvenile for the same charges. Also, the other 4 boys who have yet to be tried are all being tried as adults, because, unlike Bell who was 16 when the attack happened, the others were 17. Therefore, in LA, they can be charged as adults for these charges. The last student was 14 and has already been to court. Those proceedings and their results are closed because he is a juvenile.

Oh, by the way, yes, absolutely I think a student who brings a gun to school and starts shooting people deserves to be tried as an adult. He/she believes that they are adult enough to purposely shoot/kill another person, then he/she should have to face adult punishments. The law says they can't be executed, but they should face any other possible punishments an adult would face. Any reasonable person should be able to see that teenagers do know right from wrong, and even younger children know that killing others is wrong. I have little sympathy for teenagers who go on killing sprees in their high school, then claim it was due to other people teasing them or picking on them.

I think you need to start reading up more on this case and not accepting OPINION PIECES as your "news sources". I know you don't find Wikipedia "trustworthy", but at the very least you could scan through the 113 references at the bottom and pick out some actual news stories to read. There are plenty of opinion pieces there too. (PS Opinion pieces aren't blogs, they are published opinions from people who work for different news agencies.)

Caine

Im not posting my sources for a third time.

The Christian Science Monitor is NOT a blog.

The Jena Times is NOT a blog.

And You even responded to a post of mine where I STATED that I used the Christian Science Monitor and the Jena Times, Then after that post, you make this one saying only one source has been used from the entire Anti-Final Call.com Storyline side. (which is where the AP got their info).

Chanda

The Christian Science Monitor article and The Jena Times=one biased source, Craig Franklin, who has acted as a spokesperson for DA Reed Walters.

The most trustworthy sources available are the actual witness accounts. Of all the witness accounts, four of them vindicate Bryant Purvis. Only one witness named him as an attacker. Why was he charged with attempted murder on the basis on that evidence?

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