Sunday, August 12, 2007

Does Equal Protection Under The Law Exist in Louisiana? by Marcus Alexander Gadson

In the past months, the story of the "Jena six" has received fleeting national attention. These six Louisiana black boys have spent months trapped in a nightmare that has gotten progressively worse. One boy faces a possible sentence of 22 years of prison, while the others face 100 years in prison for attempted murder. Their crime, if it can be called that, was defending themselves in what amounts to a schoolyard fight.

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