article_snippet.sent: Many pleaded guilty before the trial, and some testified at the trial.
article_snippet.sent: The jury acquitted one of the 12 former educators who went to trial and convicted the other 11 of racketeering. '
article_snippet.sent: This was very, very remarkable, to have the judge sort of give the 12 former educators who went to trial and convicted the other 11 of racketeering a second chance,' said University of Georgia law professor emeritus Ron Carlson. '
article_snippet.sent: The thing that maybe was a little surprising was the reticence of the 12 former educators who went to trial and convicted the other 11 of racketeering to step forward and do that.'
article_snippet.sent: Former Superintendent Beverly Hall was among those indicted, but Former Superintendent Beverly Hall did not stand trial because Former Superintendent Beverly Hall lawyers argued successfully that Former Superintendent Beverly Hall was too sick.