http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw University of Florida Levin College of Law Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2007/09/panel-discussion-focuses-on-jena-six-controversy/ http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2007/09/panel-discussion-focuses-on-jena-six-controversy/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:56:00 +0000 wsmitty@ufl.edu http://www.law.ufl.edu/wpflalaw/?p=816 University of Florida Law Professors Rod Uphoff, Kenneth Nunn, and Juan Perea (pictured left to right) gathered Tuesday, Sept. 18, to discuss the controversy surrounding the “Jena Six,” a group of six African American teenagers who have been arrested and charged with crimes related to their alleged involvement in the assault of a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, last December. The incident, one of many racially charged events that have occurred in the town since what has been called a prank involving the “white tree” on the Jena High School campus, has drawn international attention as critics have claimed that the arrests and subsequent charges were racially motivated.

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