Naacp Helps Free Jailed Texas Teen

Crisis, TheVol. 114 Nbr. 3, May 2007

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Shaquanda, who had prior disciplinary problems at school but no criminal record, shared quarters with teenagers who had committed violent crimes and property offenses. Representatives of the Lamar County district attorney's office blamed Creola Cotton for refusing to comply with procedures to reduce Shaquanda's sentence, which the girl's mother says is not true.

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Naacp Helps Free Jailed Texas Teen

Last year, two 14-year-old girls went before Judge Chuck Superville in Lamar County, Texas, within three months of each other - one was White; the other was Black.

The contrast was chilling.

The White defendant was given probation for setti...

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