That was fuckin suicide. Offered 6 months weekends in jail and he gave you 20 with 13 suspended.
Her lawyers suck.
Atlanta Educators given up to 20 years for cheating?!?! What?
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That was fuckin suicide. Offered 6 months weekends in jail and he gave you 20 with 13 suspended.
Her lawyers suck.
This is complete racism.....and bullshit at the same time....
About what? This shit is over.
Jail time for a test.....Meanwhile the bankers that criminally wrecked the housing market don t even get charged.....
There is no appeal process? (I don't know, but if there is I hope they can get a more appropriate sentence.)
They can appeal.
They wanted them to take a plea deal, admit guilt, and no appeal. They all refused this deal except one who took it today
Damn...
so some public employees can kill folk and get no indictment/never see jail...
Other public employees get 20 yrs for changing test scores.
so some public employees can kill folk and get no indictment/never see jail...
Other public employees get 20 yrs for changing test scores.
Everybody crying about the sentencing, what should be the appropriate sentence in your opinion? The judge offered a nice deal with the condition of admitting guilt but somehow their lawyer advised against taking the deal. What should the judge have done?
Fine and/or Community Service .....
I agree.
The sentencing is excessive.
Another county in GA also had a cheating scandal.
Teachers got fired, and fined/pay docked. No jail time, or trial.
Judge Jerry Baxter gave each educator two options during sentencing on Monday: admit guilt and take a deal or risk going to prison. He gave them until 10 a.m. today to make the decision.
INTERACTIVE: The who's who of the APS trial
Baxter encouraged the convicted educators to take the deal offered by the district attorney's office over the weekend: weekends in jail instead of prison time. In return, they would have to accept their guilt and give up their rights to appeal.
As of the time court resumed Tuesday morning, only one defendant, Donald Bullock, accepted the DA's office deal for sentencing.
Bullock read a statement apologizing and accepting responsibility for racketeering and making false statements. Bullock was given 5 years probation, 6 months of weekends in jail, a $5,000 fine and 1,500 hours of community service.
The state then recommended sentences for the rest of the defendants: five years to serve three for Sharon Davis-Williams, Tamara Cotman and Michael Pitts; five years to serve two for Dana Evans, Tabeeka Jordan and Angela Williamson, five years to serve one for Theresia Copeland, Pamela Cleveland and Diane Buckner-Webb.
Things got heated in the courtroom before the judge handed down sentences. When one lawyer raised his voice, Baxter fired back "Sit down or I'm going to put you in jail."
Baxter then sentenced School Resource Team Executive Directors Sharon Davis-Williams, Tamara Cotman and Michael Pitts as first offenders to 20 years with seven to serve, 13 years probation, 2,000 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.
Former Dobbs Elementary principal Dana Evans received a sentence of five years to serve one, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and she was sentenced as a first offender.
[RAW VIDEO: Judge tells APS defendant, 'My heart goes out to you']
Angela Williamson, a former teacher at Dobbs Elementary, and Tabeeka Jordan, former Deerwood Elementary Assistant Principal, were sentenced as first offenders to the state’s recommendation of five years to serve two, three years probation, 1,500 hours of community hours and $5,000 fine
Former Dunbar Elementary teacher Diane Buckner-Webb and Former Benteen Elementary Testing Coordinator Theresia Copeland were sentenced as first offenders to five years to serve one, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Dunbar Elementary Teacher Pamela Cleveland was the final educator to be sentenced. She received five years probation, 1,000 hours of community service, curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the first year and a $1,000 fine. She was sentenced as a first offender.
The defendants were then required to return to jail for processing, but have been granted an appeals bond.
INTERACTIVE: The who's who of the APS trial
Baxter encouraged the convicted educators to take the deal offered by the district attorney's office over the weekend: weekends in jail instead of prison time. In return, they would have to accept their guilt and give up their rights to appeal.
As of the time court resumed Tuesday morning, only one defendant, Donald Bullock, accepted the DA's office deal for sentencing.
Bullock read a statement apologizing and accepting responsibility for racketeering and making false statements. Bullock was given 5 years probation, 6 months of weekends in jail, a $5,000 fine and 1,500 hours of community service.
The state then recommended sentences for the rest of the defendants: five years to serve three for Sharon Davis-Williams, Tamara Cotman and Michael Pitts; five years to serve two for Dana Evans, Tabeeka Jordan and Angela Williamson, five years to serve one for Theresia Copeland, Pamela Cleveland and Diane Buckner-Webb.
Things got heated in the courtroom before the judge handed down sentences. When one lawyer raised his voice, Baxter fired back "Sit down or I'm going to put you in jail."
Baxter then sentenced School Resource Team Executive Directors Sharon Davis-Williams, Tamara Cotman and Michael Pitts as first offenders to 20 years with seven to serve, 13 years probation, 2,000 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.
Former Dobbs Elementary principal Dana Evans received a sentence of five years to serve one, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and she was sentenced as a first offender.
[RAW VIDEO: Judge tells APS defendant, 'My heart goes out to you']
Angela Williamson, a former teacher at Dobbs Elementary, and Tabeeka Jordan, former Deerwood Elementary Assistant Principal, were sentenced as first offenders to the state’s recommendation of five years to serve two, three years probation, 1,500 hours of community hours and $5,000 fine
Former Dunbar Elementary teacher Diane Buckner-Webb and Former Benteen Elementary Testing Coordinator Theresia Copeland were sentenced as first offenders to five years to serve one, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Dunbar Elementary Teacher Pamela Cleveland was the final educator to be sentenced. She received five years probation, 1,000 hours of community service, curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the first year and a $1,000 fine. She was sentenced as a first offender.
The defendants were then required to return to jail for processing, but have been granted an appeals bond.
That's pretty much what everyone got who took a deal. What should the folk who lost at trial should have gotten?
First, yes I do think that while they deserved SOME jail time for RACKETEERING (This isn't about just cheating at tests), the sentences were excessive. HOWEVER, when the judge pleads for your to take the plea, STFU and do it!
Maybe I'm reading too deep into this thing, but this is indicative of what I see from sistas in Atlanta. Too fucking prideful to ever admit wrongdoing. Too many sistas who have a little bit of edumacation (yea...I meant to say that) thinking that their shit don't stick and the world will bow down to them. Every sista I've dated in this bootleg city I had to import from up north or out west.
Yes the judge was a bit self-righteous, but you don't fuck with judges...PERIOD. I'm hearing that these idiots didn't want to admit to doing wrong. Really?!? Well I guess they proved their point.
Maybe I'm reading too deep into this thing, but this is indicative of what I see from sistas in Atlanta. Too fucking prideful to ever admit wrongdoing. Too many sistas who have a little bit of edumacation (yea...I meant to say that) thinking that their shit don't stick and the world will bow down to them. Every sista I've dated in this bootleg city I had to import from up north or out west.
Yes the judge was a bit self-righteous, but you don't fuck with judges...PERIOD. I'm hearing that these idiots didn't want to admit to doing wrong. Really?!? Well I guess they proved their point.
Man that is some heavy handed bullshit. Yeah the deal is better than major time, but giving up any right to appeal is some north korea shit.
Cant be mad when folks family get militant, with bullshit like this.
They got more than some pedophiles and murderers. The principal got more than darren sharper
Cant be mad when folks family get militant, with bullshit like this.
They got more than some pedophiles and murderers. The principal got more than darren sharper
Lol...it pretty much boils down to them NOT wanting to accept responsibility for their actions. Why didn't they just admit guilt and take the plea? They screwed themselves because nobody involved wanted to see jail time but you have to at least admit to doing wrong and apologize to the students affected.
20 year sentences for first time offenders in a answer sheet changing scandal...
Man this is a miscarriage of justice.
The fact that everyone isn't outraged by this excessive bullshit just shows how utterly lost and blind the people are.
This is awful.
Man this is a miscarriage of justice.
The fact that everyone isn't outraged by this excessive bullshit just shows how utterly lost and blind the people are.
This is awful.
Again...while they did get too much time, this isn't "answer sheet changing scandal"...its RACKETEERING.
i know this may be a thread derailment
BUT COME THE FUCK ON!!!!!
who is this fine muthafuck and where is the rest of what ever this is!!!
i know i ain't the only one that saw this...
niggaz trying to act like y'all ain't see those titties
What the Wall Street Bankers and Real Estate Banks did during the financial meltdown was RACKETEERING......and they didn t do a fucking day in jail....
so why do these teachers deserve jail time?
I ll wait.......
No it isnt racketeeting. Stfu! You clowns swallow any remixed bullshit narrative they feed you. You uneducated fool. This application should be a crime within itself. It goes totally against the spirit and rule of the law. Racketeering laws were made solely for the purpose of attacking organized criminal enterprises (the mob) involved in interstate commerce. Applying it in this instance is a fucking absurdity of insane proportions. And using it against black first time offender educators is fucking despicable.
i know this may be a thread derailment
BUT COME THE FUCK ON!!!!!
who is this fine muthafuck and where is the rest of what ever this is!!!
i know i ain't the only one that saw this...
OH MY DAYUM! The way those titties bounce...CSI!!!
Keep waiting because this is the one thing I won't give Obama a pass on. They should have been prosecuted.
But with that being said, I guess no crime should be prosecuted because someone got off...should it?
I'll wait...
Bullshit....
Its no child left behind....and the corruption of the prison industrial complex....
Lets talk about the real victims in the entire situation.Props to parents who felt something was wrong when their kids passed the test with flying colors, after failing several times.
Also...RIP to former Atlanta school superintendent Beverly Hall she died of Cancer last month.
The judge kind of got to me when started talking about the harm to the students of being passed on without the skills to succeed.
When he talked about how the children already had hardly any chance to succeed because of their socio-economic background unless they got an education and here the very persons responsible for educating them were just passing them from grade to grade.....I got to thinking that they needed to take the deal.
When he talked about how the children already had hardly any chance to succeed because of their socio-economic background unless they got an education and here the very persons responsible for educating them were just passing them from grade to grade.....I got to thinking that they needed to take the deal.
OH MY DAYUM! The way those titties bounce...CSI!!!
Keep waiting because this is the one thing I won't give Obama a pass on. They should have been prosecuted.
But with that being said, I guess no crime should be prosecuted because someone got off...should it?
I'll wait...
Um....actually no crime should be prosecuted until the justice system is equal down the line....
and until those muthafuckers with white skin get the SAME FUCKING TREATMENT as those with black skin....
No....no "crime" should be punished....
Sigh...another cat getting all ho-motional over healthy conversation over the internet
Agreed
Yup.Jail time for a test.....Meanwhile the bankers that criminally wrecked the housing market don t even get charged.....
Yup.Damn...
so some public employees can kill folk and get no indictment/never see jail...
Other public employees get 20 yrs for changing test scores.
Yup.
Yup.
I've been saying this since day one.
All of the a-fucking-bove'!!
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