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A sentencing hearing that had been scheduled for September 20 is now off, he said.

The protest scheduled for that day, however, would appear to be on. That trip is still necessary, since five of the six are still at risk.

The unnecessary trip was to the criminal court in the first place. If Jena officials hadn't insisted on a cruel and unusual punishment, they wouldn't be sweating the possibility of six times more protesters than the population of the town.  

Louisiana judge tosses conviction against teen tried as adult

(CNN) -- A Louisiana appeals court Friday vacated the remaining conviction of a teenager accused in a violent, racially charged incident in Jena, Louisiana, his attorney said.

Bob Noel said the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Lake Charles threw out the conviction for second degree battery against Mychal Bell, saying the charges should have been brought in juvenile court.

"We're happy now, but tomorrow is another day," Noel told reporters.

The future of the case against Bell is up to the district attorney, who must decide whether to refile the charges in juvenile court, Noel said.

"We have to wait and see what the other side's going to do, how they're going to react," he said.

Bell's defense team would be filing a motion to get him out of prison, where he has been since his arrest in December, Noel said.

"The primary concern is to get Mychal Bell out of jail and into school where he needs to be," he said.

Bell, who is now 17, was 16 at the time of the fight in December 2006.