Court uphold ex-jailer’s sentence

The federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld a 14-month prison sentence imposed against Akil Scott, a former Fulton County Jail detention officer.

Scott, ensnared in a 2010 undercover FBI sting, was convicted of taking payoffs for delivering what he believed to be cocaine to inmates inside the jail. At sentencing, Scott expressed remorse, said he’d turned his life around and asked for one day in prison. On appeal, the court said the 14-month term was not unreasonable, citing the nature of the offense.