Jena 6: Mychal Bell released from prison

We received great news this morning that Mychal Bell, one of the black men known as the Jena 6, was released from prison.

Please click on the AP Video link HERE for the footage!

News: Mychal Bell not released from prison

After sitting in jail for 10 months and having his conviction thrown out of court last Friday, Jena 6 defendant Mychael Bell was not released from prison yesterday as expected because neither the prosecutor nor the judge showed up for his bond hearing.

"We showed up. There was nobody there," said Bob Noel, lawyer for 17-year-old Mychal Bell of Jena, La. "No DA, no judge." A woman who answered the phone at District Attorney Reed Walters' office said he had no bail procedure on his calendar.

Update: Mychal Bell's charges overturned

Earlier this evening, Worcester is MAJOR! received information regarding the Jena 6 case, and specifically the motion that will cause Bell's conviction to be overturned and there will be no sentencing on September 20th. Mychal Bell has been in prison since December 2006.

Bell's head defense attorney, Louis Scott, has relayed the official word to a number of websites and blogs that Bell's case has been sent to Juvenile Court. There will be NO sentencing taking place on Sept. 20th, but the rallies will take place on that day since there are 5 more trials to be held.

We, at Worcester is MAJOR! will continue to post information as the case progresses.

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