By Gabe Bullard
Filed Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Missouri Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are asking the Justice Department to investigate possible civil rights violations in the case of the Jena 6. Clay and the CBC say the treatment of the case appears to be "An unbelievable example of the separate and unequal justice that was once commonplace in the Deep South."
They have also asked the Governor of Louisiana to pardon one of the Jena 6, 16 year old Mychal Bell. Bell is currently being held without bail, awaiting trial as a juvenile. The Third Circuit Court of Louisiana previously ruled he was erroneously tried as an adult.
In their letter asking for Bell's pardon, Clay and the CBC say the decision to refuse bail "Is harsh, to the point of being unconscionable."
They have also asked the Governor of Louisiana to pardon one of the Jena 6, 16 year old Mychal Bell. Bell is currently being held without bail, awaiting trial as a juvenile. The Third Circuit Court of Louisiana previously ruled he was erroneously tried as an adult.
In their letter asking for Bell's pardon, Clay and the CBC say the decision to refuse bail "Is harsh, to the point of being unconscionable."
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