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Melony Phillips is prayed over during a rally at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, to ask for leniency in the sentencing of 11 Atlanta Public Schools educators found guilty of cheating. Phillips is the daughter of Sharon Davis Williams who was found guilty. Sentencing will take place Monday. Photo by Kevin Liles for The New York Times

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Melony Phillips is prayed over during a rally at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, to ask for leniency in the sentencing of 11 Atlanta Public Schools educators found guilty of cheating. Phillips is the daughter of Sharon Davis Williams who was found guilty. Sentencing will take place Monday. Photo by Kevin Liles for The New York Times