In Louisiana, a judge has denied a request to reduce the bail bond for the Jena 6 member Mychal Bell. Bell was one of six black students arrested after a school fight in which a white student was beaten and suffered a concussion and multiple bruises. The fight followed months of escalating tension after nooses were hung from a tree in the schoolyard where the black students had sat. The Jena 6, as they have come to be known, were charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy. An all-white jury convicted the 17-year-old Bell last month. He faces up to 22 years in prison. His family has been unable to raise the $99,000 bail bond for his release. Bell will be sentenced September 20. The NAACP has called the case an example of differing judicial standards in race-related cases and is demanding federal intervention.