Race Hate in Louisiana 21st Century Style

Mychal Bell remained in jail from December 2006 until his recent trail because his family could not raise the $90,000 bail. Mychal Bell's trial was swift. The all white jury was selected. It included 2 people friendly with the district attorney, a relative of one of the witnesses and several others who were friends of presecution witnesses.

Bell's parents were not allwoed to attend the trial because they were listed as potential witnesses. However the white victim despite being a witness, was permitted to stay in the courtroom. The parents of the defendant, who had been widely quoted in the news as critics of the process, were even told they could no longer speak to the media as long as the trial was in session. Bell's father MArcus Jones said, "It's all about those nooses. He declared the charges to be racially motivated.
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