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NEW ORLEANS -- One of the central figures in the 2007 Jena Six civil rights case shot himself in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun after news broke of his arrest on a shoplifting charge. Mychal Bell, 18, remained hospitalized Tuesday, but police said his chest wound was not life-threatening. Bell's grandmother and mother told police that Bell had said "because of the current media attention he had because of the shoplifting arrest, he didn't feel like he could live anymore," Monroe Police Lt. Jeff Harris said, reading from a police report.
Ark. Sued Over Adoption Curbs
LITTLE ROCK -- More than a dozen families sued to challenge a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents. The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the families seeking to overturn Act 1, which was approved by voters in last month's general election. The families assert that the act violates their constitutional rights and that its language was misleading to voters.
Boy, 9, Ruled Unfit for Trial
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. -- A psychologist found a 9-year-old murder suspect incompetent to stand trial and determined that the boy's age and level of intelligence keep him from understanding the premeditated-murder charges he faces, the boy's attorney said. The boy, whose birthday was Monday, is accused of using a .22-caliber rifle to shoot his father and another man on Nov. 5 at the family home.
-- From Staff Reports and News Services
