In Louisiana, a state appeals court has overturned the conviction of 17-year-old Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six, but he remains behind bars. Last year Bell and five other African-American high school students were arrested for beating a white student during a schoolyard fight. The fight occurred after white students hung three nooses in a tree in the schoolyard. An all-white jury convicted Bell of aggravated second-degree battery, but on Friday a Louisiana appeals court ruled that Bell should not have been tried as an adult. Bell has been in jail since December and remains locked up after Friday’s ruling. We reached Mychal Bell’s father, Marcus Jones, on Sunday.

Marcus Jones: “Now, we feel like that, you know, there’s a chance of Mychal getting out. We’re just doing — you know, just playing it by ear, as long as they tell us, you know, what takes place with Mychal.”

Prosecutors now have the option of trying Mychal Bell for attempted murder as an adult or aggravated battery as a juvenile. Bell’s five classmates are still awaiting trial. Civil rights groups said they plan to proceed with a major march in Jena on Thursday, the day Bell was originally scheduled to be sentenced.