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Judging Jena's Da: The Prosecutor And Racial Esteem, Andrew E. Taslitz
Judging Jena's Da: The Prosecutor And Racial Esteem, Andrew E. Taslitz
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In the Jena 6 case, six African-American high school students were arrested for assault charges allegedly arising out of a series of confrontations between black and white students stemming from a black student's sitting under the "white tree" on school grounds. The Jena prosecutor successfully arranged for one of the Jena 6 to be tried as an adult, where he was convicted and exposed to the potential of a very harsh sentence. The prosecutor did not, however, proceed, or not proceed as harshly, against several white students who were purportedly involved in violence or threats of violence against black students. …