PARDON ME The Congressional Black Caucus wants Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to pardon the Jena Six before she leaves office. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said in a letter to Blanco this week that Bell and the other teens have paid their debt to society and should be immediately pardoned. "They and their families have suffered enough, as has the State of Louisiana and the town of Jena," the letter reads. I'm not sure that any of them, with the notable exception of Mychal Bell, have actually paid their debt to society in the conventional sense. And some of them have certainly come up, socially speaking, since getting arrested and unfairly charged for their crimes. Will a full pardon be productive in this case?