Beard using 'Jena Six' defense funds for school JENA, LA. (AP) (wrkf) - The youngest defendant of the "Jena Six" is using his share of money donated for defense attorneys to attend a private boarding school with a focus on college preparation.

Attorney C. David Utter said that since Jesse Ray Beard's defense was donated, the money was available for his education at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut.

Beard is one of six black students who was accused of attacking a white student at Jena High School in 2006. He has been living with an attorney in New York, and was released from house arrest on unrelated juvenile charges earlier this month so he can attend the school.

The white student's lawyer says the money could go for restitution, rather than Canterbury's $39,900-a-year tuition. © Copyright 2009, wrkf