Jena Six's subsequent activities Jena Six

talk show host michael baisden , al sharpton, @ front of september 20, 2007, march in jena, louisiana



self-avowed white supremacist richard barrett @ september 20, 2007, jena 6 rally

in february 2007, jesse ray beard charged with, , subsequently convicted of , sentenced for, simple battery, simple criminal damage property less $500, , simple assault. received suspended sentence of incarceration, , placed on house arrest. on july 9, 2008, beard, aged 17, released house arrest attend summer program , football camp in new york. revealed @ hearing on date beard had been recommended expulsion 13 disciplinary actions, recommendation had been overturned. in new york, stayed alan howard, local attorney represented beard in civil suit, , worked intern in attorney s office, while taking summer courses prepare him junior year. required return jena august 11.

on august 6, judge yeager terminated beard s probation (he remained under conditions of bail release in barker incident) attend canterbury school in connecticut. half of $39,900 annual tuition paid jena 6 defense fund money. @ canterbury, beard played on basketball, baseball, , football teams , graduated in 2010. beard attended hofstra university in new york, earned academic scholarship , played on lacrosse team.

bryant purvis, aged 19, arrested on february 7, 2008, assault causing bodily injury on fellow high school student in texas, resides. purvis placed on probation year , required community service. enrolled @ ranger college, junior college, attending on basketball scholarship. in 2011, purvis transferred grambling state university , played basketball there.

corwin jones arrested on may 10, 2008, @ age of 19 in lasalle parish on charge of misdemeanor simple battery. sheriff s department alleges 3 days earlier, jones had struck man behind several people, including jones, came toward man , friends, jones companions carrying baseball bats. jones denied fault, saying incident caused fight previous day in jones says not involved, had been harassed , intimidated, , incident day struck nerve , reacted . jones had been arrested on january 24, 2008, on trespass-related charge. according father, jones received diploma jena high school because had completed school work before arrest. moved out of jena , working in hotel.

on may 10, bell stopped in olla, louisiana, speeding , not having proper vehicle insurance while on weekend pass sentence. bell not supposed leave monroe, louisiana, during pass. vehicle towed due lack of insurance. in interview televised on cnn on august 24, 2008, bell admitted having struck barker in 2006 , described jena real racist town . on august 27, 2008, louisiana high school athletic association turned down bell s request year of athletic eligibility. marcus jones, bell s father, blamed bell s attorney @ time of plea agreement denial. if weren t attorney, mychal able play football , jones said. coerced him taking plea agreement. if wouldn t have taken plea, wouldn t in position s in now. in 2014, bell attending southern university in baton rouge.

after hearing, jones allegedly spat in face of son s attorney, carol powell-lexing, , supposedly pushed floor. jones denied assaulting powell-lexing, saying never physical fight woman. jones charged assault. despite alleged assault, powell-lexing continued part of bell s defense team.

on december 24, 2008, bell arrested , charged shoplifting, resisting arrest, , simple assault. according police, bell caught , male attempted steal $370 worth of clothing dillard s department store. while being arrested, reportedly resisted security guard , off-duty police officer. released on $1,300 bond. on december 29, 2008, bell shot himself in chest .22-caliber pistol in failed attempt @ suicide, telling police tired of media attention. hospital in monroe unable stop internal bleeding, bell transferred hospital in shreveport specialist care. powell-lexing denied bell had tried kill himself, saying gun went off while bell attempting clean it.

on january 15, 2009, cnn featured interview bell; said had obtained gun out of despair following shoplifting arrest, first tried shoot himself in head, gun misfired, , shot himself in chest. bell said had returned school , still hopes receive college football scholarship. shoplifting , related charges bell s first adult, eligible diversion program; charges dismissed in 2010. bell enrolled @ southern university in 2009. in 2011, bell played in 2 games southern jaguars football team.

on may 22, 2010, bell arrested , charged simple battery after incident @ jena barber shop. according arresting officers, after being read miranda rights, bell told them attacked man running mouth . bell said punched victim in face, put him in headlock , rammed head table. on december 13, 2014, according message on twitter, bell graduated southern university bachelor s degree in education interdisciplinary studies.

robert bailey attended high school @ shaw high school in columbus, georgia, granted year s eligibility play football.

theo shaw able attend classes @ high school , have credits transferred jena. received jena high school diploma although took part in graduation ceremony @ other school. attending university of washington s school of law, having received full scholarship gates public service law scholar.