Theo Shaw, One of the Jena 6, Is Now Officially a Lawyer

Shaw, along with five other black teenage boys, became media sensations after they were charged in 2006 with attempted murder after getting into a fight with a young white man at their high school in the town of Jena, La. Supporters said the six young men were being overcharged, and noted that the fight came after a series of racially charged incidents at the school, including the hanging of nooses from a tree on the campus.

Source: Theo Shaw, One of the Jena 6, Is Now Officially a Lawyer

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