BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (CNN)  -- The case of Mychal Bell, a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, will be heard in juvenile court, Louisiana's governor announced Wednesday.



Mychal Bell, 17, is accused with five others of beating Justin Barker in a school fight.



Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that she discussed Bell's case with LaSalle Parish  District Attorney Reed Walters on Wednesday, and that Walters agreed not to challenge a state appeals court ruling that dismissed Bell's battery and conspiracy convictions.



The court ruled that Bell, who was 16 at the time of the beating, should have been tried in juvenile court instead of having the case transferred to adult court.



Blanco made the announcement with civil rights leaders Martin Luther King III and Al Sharpton.



Last week, they led about 15,000 marchers to Jena, a town of 3,000, to protest how authorities handled the cases of Bell and five other black teens accused of beating white high school student Justin Barker.



Many said they are angry the students, dubbed the "Jena 6," are being treated more harshly than three white students who hung nooses from an oak tree on high school property.



The white students were suspended from school but did not face criminal charges. The protesters say they should have been charged with a hate crime.



Prosecutors originally charged all six black students with second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy



The black students now face charges of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy in the schoolyard beating.



The altercation was the culmination of racially tense events in the town, including two fights sparked by the hanging of the nooses. E-mail to a friend



CNN's Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report.
when did this happen? Who was beaten? what did the beating follow Where will Bell's case be heard? Whose case will be heard What did she agree to Who agreed to that?
Wednesday. Justin Barker racially tense events in the town, in juvenile court, Mychal Bell, challenge a state appeals court ruling that dismissed Bell's battery and conspiracy convictions. Walters
question: when did this happen?, answer: Wednesday. | question: Who was beaten?, answer: Justin Barker | question: what did the beating follow, answer: racially tense events in the town, | question: Where will Bell's case be heard?, answer: in juvenile court, | question: Whose case will be heard, answer: Mychal Bell, | question: What did she agree to, answer: challenge a state appeals court ruling that dismissed Bell's battery and conspiracy convictions. | question: Who agreed to that?, answer: Walters