Five of the six defendants in the Jena Six case stand in front of LaSalle Parish Court House in Jena, La., Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Kita Wright)

FOR METRO - Danny McDowell, from Jena, LA, is dragged by his bull in the Bull Riding event during the 60th annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo held Friday Feb. 13, 2009 at the AT&T Center

In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 picture, Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six, appears at a news conference after leaving LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, La. Bell, 18, was arrested Christmas Eve and booked on a shoplifting charge, police ...