Criminal Cases
Law enforcement arrested six students, eventually dubbed the "Jena Six", who were accused in the attack. Five of them (Robert Bailey, Jr., then 17; Mychal Bell, then 16; Carwin Jones, then 18; Bryant Purvis, then 17; and Theo Shaw, then 17) were charged with attempted murder. The sixth student, Jesse Ray Beard (also known as Jesse Rae Beard), was charged as a juvenile. Despite his age, Mychal Bell was charged as an adult. This was due to Bell's previous criminal record and because Walters believed Bell initiated the attack.
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