Atlanta public school cheating trial

Defense attorney Annette Greene presents a closing statement on behalf of her client, former teacher Shani Robinson, during the closing argument in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial.   (Kent D. Johnson / Associated Press)

Former Dunbar Elementary teacher Diane Buckner-Webb, center, stands with her defense attorney Kevin Franks after a jury found her guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial.   (Kent D. Johnson / Associated Press)

Sentencing of 10 of the 11 defendants convicted of racketeering and other charges in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial takes place before Judge Jerry Baxter in Fulton County Superior Court.

Former Dobbs Elementary teacher Dessa Curb leaves the Fulton County Courthouse after a jury found her not guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial in Atlanta.   (Brant Sanderlin / Associated Press)

Former APS Dunbar Elementary teacher Pamela Cleveland listens to her mother, Rochelle Perrin, testify on her behalf during the sentencing of 10 of the 11 defendants convicted of racketeering and other charges in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial in Fulton County Superior Court.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter listens as defense attorney Kevin Franks makes a closing argument on behalf of his client, former APS Dunbar Elementary teacher Diane Buckner-Webb in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial.

Former Dunbar Elementary teacher Shani Robinson, left, and her defense attorney Annette Greene talk after Robinson waived her appearance for the deliberation phase of the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial in Fulton County Superior Court.   (Kent D. Johnson / Associated Press)

Former Deerwood Academy Assistant Principal Tabeeka Jordan, center, is led to a holding cell after a jury found her guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial.   (Kent D. Johnson / Associated Press)

Gerald Griggs, who represented Angela Williams, speaks to the media outside the Fulton County Courthouse after his client was found guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial.   (Ben Gray / Associated Press)