ATLANTA — After more than three years of appeals, a judge removed the public defender representing the remaining six defendants in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating case.
Attorney Stephen Scarborough first claimed in 2019 that he should not be required to represent all six educators who were convicted of crimes related to the 2000s-era scheme to change students’ answers on standardized tests.
Scarborough argued it was a conflict of interest to represent multiple people in the same case. He had been working on their appeals for two years before he went before Senior Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter to request the change.
