Students began to march in Jena on Thursday to protest charges . ` The motion for release from custody , filed by the defendant in this court , is premature , '' the panel ruled without setting a date for considering the motion . Appeals court does not set a date for filing a motion to release Mychal Bell . Bell one of six teens charged with beating up a white student . Tension at Liberty High flared when white students hung nooses from campus trees .
Students began to march in Jena on Thursday to protest charges . Appeals court does not set a date for filing a motion to release Mychal Bell . Bell one of six teens charged with beating up a white student . Tension at Liberty High flared when white students hung nooses from campus trees .