Whatever The Cost, Go Get Him

He lived approximately 135 miles away from Jena, Louisiana. He didn't attend the march but, a friend and patient of his, Lawrence Morrow, did.
Mr. Morrow is a magazine publisher and host of local radio and television shows. He had met one of the attorneys for the Jena 6 while attending the march and rally on September 20.
When Dr. Stephen Ayers heard particulars of Mychal Bell and the Jena 6, his friend recalls he said, " Whatever the cost is, go get him out." 
The article states that the families of the Jena 6 have been receiving threatening letters. One of the attorneys has advised the family of Mychal Bell to beginning looking for a new school and possibly a new place to live.
Mychal Bell, who had been incarcerated since December 2006, along with five other Jena High School students, was originally charged with attempted murder in the beating of a fellow high school student. Their sneakers were named as the weapons used in the attempted murder. The charges were later reduced for all, with Mychal Bell being the first youth to be tried in the case.
The victim of the beating was treated at a local hospital and released, attending a school function later the same day.     
Having been tried as an adult, Mychal Bell's conviction on aggravated second degree battery and a conspiracy charge was overturned by the Louisiana Supreme Court on September 14. The process for how the case would proceed has been in the hands of Jena prosecutor Reed Walters, a process frozen until his decision was made whether to appeal the court's ruling or file charges against Mychal Bell in juvenile court, a decision he announced thirteen days after the court vacated Mychal Bell's conviction.
In part, the court ruled "The defendant was not tried on an offense which could have subjected him to the jurisdiction of the criminal court."  
For many, the perceived uneven handling of events that have transpired in the town, as well as the handling of the beating by the legal system in Jena, Louisiana, culminated in a march and rally of support for the Jena 6, with tens of thousands arriving there on September 20.
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