Reply #2: The Jena students are still in jeopardy

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Charges against Carwin Jones and Theo Shaw were reduced to aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy. That same reduction was made earlier for Mychal Bell, who was tried and found guilty and could be sentenced to 22 1/2 years at a hearing Sept. 20.

Now, instead of facing 80 years, they face 22 1/2 years. The charge of aggravated battery requires the use of a deadly weapon. The prosecutor argued that Bell’s TENNIS SHOES were deadly weapons. Bell was found guilty and will face the possibility of up to 22 years in prison when he is sentenced for wearing deadly shoes. While, Barker, the white victim of the beating was later arrested for bringing a hunting rifle loaded with 13 bullets onto the high school campus WAS RELEASED ON $5000 BOND.