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Sep 21, 2007 7:19 pm US/Eastern

'Jena 6' Defendant Denied Bail After Hearing

JENA, La. (AP) ― A relative of one of the Jena Six says a judge has denied bail for Mychal Bell, the only one of the teens who is jailed in the beating of a white classmate.

Attorneys would not comment because juvenile court proceedings are secret. But the father of one of Bell's co-defendants said Bell's bail request was rejected. Bell's mother left the courthouse in tears and refused to comment.


Bell, now 17, is the only one of the six defendants to be tried. He was convicted of aggravated second-degree battery, but his conviction was tossed last week by a state appeals court. That court said Bell, who was 16 at the time he was charged in a student's beating, could not be tried as an adult on that charge.

Bell had been on probation at the time and remains in jail pending appeal. The other five defendants are free on bond.

Yesterday, thousands of demonstrators from around the country converged on Jena in support of the six defendants in the case.

Blacks have been outraged that three white teens who strung nooses from a tree at the local high school were only suspended. The parish district attorney says those students apparently didn't break any law.

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