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Louisiana Earns Dubious Distinction



Louisiana incarcerates more of its residents than any other state in the nation. Here are the top three:

1. Louisiana (791)

2. Texas (691)

3. Mississippi (660)

Lowest three states:

1. Maine (144)

2. Minnesota (180)

3. Rhode Island (189)

(Note: The national average incarceration rate is 491 per 100,000 residents.)
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What Is The Jena 6

A little background for those that do not know, the Jena 6 are six Black students who face the possibility of going to prison for very long time, all because of a schoolyard fight. Almost a year ago, in the small town of Jena, Louisiana a group of Black students sat under a “whites-only” tree in the schoolyard. Yes they still have them.

Apparently, this upset some of the white students so much that the next day they put up nooses hanging from the tree. Soon after the nooses were hung, most of the 93 Black students (out of a total student enrollment of 546) at Jena High School stood together under the tree, in a courageous act of protest.

It wasn't long after this that a a school assembly was called, where a white district attorney told the Black students to just keep their mouths shut about the nooses. He told them if he heard anything else about it, he “can make their lives go away with the stroke of his pen.”

This eventually led to a fight that sent one white student to the hospital and six Black students to jail and that’s when all the comotion and eventual hell broke loose.

The Jena 6 are Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor. All were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bail was set so high starting at $70,000 and going as high as$138,000 that the they were left in prison for months as families went deep into debt to release them.

Here at Jena-6 .blogspot we will devote this entire site to the Jena 6 story. It is said to be covered by Oprah soon, only time will tell. We will keep you up to date on that as well.

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Friday, September 28, 2007

The Jena 6 Case Has Obama, Clinton battling for black votes


The Jena 6 Case Has Obama, Clinton battling for black votes in Congress


WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party's leading presidential candidates get a chance today to reach out to the nation's top African-American policymakers and legislators, but one who is already a member of the Congressional Black Caucus may need the opportunity most.

National polls of black Democrats suggest a near-even split between Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a trend pundits said Obama must improve upon to win the party's nomination.Taking a side on the Jena six case may just be the leverage one candidate may need.




Strictly speaking, Obama's speech today on climate change at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference isn't a campaign event. He should rally behing the jena 6 case and ride it all the way to washington. But coming the same day that the CBC's chair, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Michigan Democrat from Detroit, is holding a public dialogue with Clinton, it could help some in the crowd decide who they'll support.

"Every opportunity matters," said Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons. "The more African Americans get comfortable with Obama's campaign, the better off he is."
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