1.0link65178<![CDATA[Old-Fashioned Southern Justice in the Modern South]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/byron-williams/oldfashioned-southern-jus_b_65178.htmlAs you go about your day, think about Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old, who is to find out his fate today in a Jena, Louisiana court. Bell, part of the "Jena 6," faces what can be best described as injustice run amok.
Jena, whose population is roughly 3,000, has garnered national attention after Bell was convicted, facing 22 years in prison for his part in a racially motivated altercation at the local high school. Bell, 16 when the incident occurred, had...