Sentences of three convicted Atlanta educators reduced

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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter has reduced the sentences of three former Atlanta Public Schools educators who got the longest sentences from seven years in prison to three for their racketeering convictions in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating case.

Baxter also reduced the number of years they have to spend on probation once they complete their prison sentences from 13 years to seven years.

Baxter said he reconsidered the sentences of former regional directors Tamara Cotman, Michael Pitts and Sharon Davis-Williams because he was “not comfortable” with the sentence he had given them earlier this month.

The three were convicted April 1 of violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The prosecutors said the collusion, intimidation and cover-ups of teachers changing wrong answers to right on yearly tests amounted to a criminal enterprise.

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/three-convicted-atlanta-educators-to-be-resentence/nk6YF/

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1. Still too high; punishing the little fish for reacting to policies forced on them by the big fish.

The big fish still swim free.

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2. Yep couldnt agree more

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3. That's still 3 years longer than anyone except Madoff involved in the Wall St meltdown has received.