# the Jena 6

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**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-jena-6/35680 "2007-09-20T06:49:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-jena-6/35680/35 "2007-09-20T08:54:45Z")

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[quote=“camarojoe,post:29,topic:35680"”]

Sounds like a real messed up situation and a lot of things leading to the incident.

But a question asked by a co-worker after reading this. Reverse the colors. If it was reversed, would you see busloads of whites going to protest the case?

Our court system is very unbalanced. Hanging a noose in a tree is wrong, but not anywhere as severe as basically beating to death a person. Plus one of the defendants has a heavy record against him. I don’t see anything good coming out of this other than making the situation even more segregated down there.

**So who determines fair?**

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The courts do of course, but again an ass whooping is an ass whooping it isnt attempted murder. If the 6 kids wanted to kill him they could have with ease, so i think the attempted murder idea should be put to rest. In most cases i would say you go based off of previous cases similar to this. Although under no circumstances would i advocate sending a 14 year old to prison for an extended period of time because by the time they get out they are basically a hardened criminal and will be worthless towards society.

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