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🗓️ 25 May 2021
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| 0:00.0 | We're back in that Atlanta court room in 2015. After eight long months, it's finally |
| 0:15.2 | verdict day. And just so you know, this is part two of our story. If you haven't listened |
| 0:21.8 | to part one yet, you should go back and listen to that one first. Otherwise, this probably |
| 0:26.8 | won't make that much sense. Now, we're in the court room and the judge starts by thanking |
| 0:34.4 | the jury. He's emotional. He's been emotional throughout the whole trial. And the way you |
| 0:42.6 | don't often see in judges. He's almost reduced the tears. I mean notes, notebooks, taking |
| 0:55.7 | notes every day. The teachers, rightfully so they look nervous, sitting there waiting |
| 1:00.9 | for the verdict. And whatever your verdict is, I'll defend it till I die. You know, |
| 1:07.6 | whatever it is, I will defend it. Now the judge is ready. Stay versus Sharon Davis. |
| 1:13.2 | The first teacher stands up next to their lawyer, head bowed to form camp one conspiracy |
| 1:19.4 | to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act. We the jury found |
| 1:24.5 | the defendant guilty guilty. One by one, the teachers get up. State of Georgia versus |
| 1:30.4 | Dana Evans, count one conspiracy to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations |
| 1:36.5 | act. We the jury found the defendant guilty. We the jury found the defendant guilty. We the jury |
| 1:44.0 | found the defendant guilty. Ten teachers found guilty on racketeering charges for cheating |
| 1:53.0 | on standardized test scores. They have made their bed and they're going to have to |
| 1:57.2 | lie and it starts today. As the judge leaves, the teachers remain seated until law enforcement |
| 2:04.2 | officers approach. The teachers are told to place their hands behind their backs. They |
| 2:10.1 | take their jewelry off, valuables out of their pockets. And one by one handcuffs are placed |
| 2:16.8 | on their wrist. I'm also slag. And from something else, this is cheap. |
| 2:34.4 | On the last episode, we heard about the No Child Left Behind Act and how that started |
| 2:39.0 | an era of high stakes testing in public schools all around America. A movement of parents |
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