::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

ATLANTA , GA - Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery issued the following statement regarding the sentencing of the Atlanta school teachers found guilty of racketeering earlier this month:   "A Pound of Flesh" By Rev. Joseph E. Lowery In Shakespeare's  "Merchant of Venice" a prosecutorial team demanded a pound of flesh from a man who owed a debt he seemed unable to pay.  But, before they could secure the 'pound of flesh', a lawyer named Portia came forward and in beautiful and eloquent words, proclaimed, "The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But mercy i...