In Its Detroit,Michigan national meeting the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], promulgated an Emergency National Resolution in the case of the Jena Six Trials, of six black students in Jena, Louisiana. The Regional six State Conferences also issued a Resolution in the Jena Situation.
The National Resolution signed, by Chairman Julian Bond and Interim President Dennis Courtland Hayes, demand an immediate United States Department of Justice investigation into the high bond incarcerations, the charges and the recent suspect trial and conviction of Mychal Bell, who is scheduled for sentencing July 31, 2007.
In other developments:
Concerning Reed Walters. It has been learned that the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against LaSalle Parish D. A. J. Reed Walters in a suit involving use of his office as a prosecutor inferrring he misused the prosecutorial discretionary authority of his office.
The Resolution from the National Office also states that it would be impossible not to take a stand against the present legal actions in LaSalle Courts, to do so would set a national precedent for such incidents to occur in other courts in the nation's cities. This recognises the Jena Six trials as a significant major occurence in th nation's history. It has also been decided that Harvard Law students will be deployed to assist attorneys with their work. The NAACP will request each defendant's attorney response to the Law Students participation in the trials and legal proceedings. Pertinent Supreme Court Case "State Of Louisiana v. Jason Helou"
The Collateral Episode
The Jena Six
Shotgun Justice
1 Clear Example
