ATLANTA — A judge resentenced disgraced former City of Atlanta executive Mitzi Bickers on Wednesday.
A jury convicted Bickers in 2022 of bribery, tied to a pay-for-play scheme.
Prosecutors said she accepted millions of dollars from businessmen to secure city contracts.
An appeals court voided part of that conviction last year.
The judge resentenced her to 12 years in prison.
A judge will decide today the total amount of restitution that she will pay.
The case was the first to go before a jury in the corruption investigation of Atlanta city government.
Tonya Dale of Alpharetta was a juror on the case.
“I believe, and I think all of us believed, that the paper trail by itself really spoke for itself. You know, you got money going out and coming in simultaneous with these payments. It just was, it was overwhelming evidence,” Dale said.
Bickers was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, three counts of money laundering, four counts of wire fraud, and one count of tax evasion.
She was acquitted on bribery allegations related to some activities in Jackson, Mississippi, and bribery-related allegations concerning millions of dollars in contracts in Atlanta after she left her position with the city in 2013.
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She was also acquitted of tampering with a witness.
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