Photos: Judge sentences Crawford Lewis, Tony Pope and Pat Reid
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Pat Reid arrives in court Monday. Defendants Tony Pope, Pat Reid and Crawford Lewis were sentenced in the Dekalb schools corruption case before Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker Monday, December 9, 2013. Pope, the former chief operating officer for DeKalb County schools was sentenced to 15 years in prison and her former husband, Tony Pope, was sentenced to eight years in prison for manipulating construction contracts that paid the husband $1.4 million for work he should not have received. was sentenced. Judge Becker rejected prosecutors' recommendation that former superintendent Crawford Lewis be sentenced to 12 months on probation for misdemeanor obstruction, saying he deserved to be jailed. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM