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.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
