Monday, December 3, 2007

'Jena 6' teen agrees to plea deal


Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June, his lawyer said Monday.

Mychal Bell was released in September but was ordered two weeks later to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility.

Bell was originally charged as an adult with attempted murder in an assault on a white fellow student, Justin Barker, at Jena High School in 2006.

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