declaring was n't comfortable with it , '' fulton county superior court judge jerry baxter said of the sentences he handed down to the three defendants april 14 `` when a judge goes home and he keeps thinking over and over that something 's wrong , something is usually wrong that '' tamara cotman , sharon davis-williams and michael pitts also were ordered thursday to serve seven years on probation , pay $ 10,000 fines and work 2,000 hours in community service .
baxter had come under fire from some community leaders for giving prison sentences to eight teachers who stood trial .