Cynthia J. Becker

Cynthia J. Becker was a Superior Court Judge on the DeKalb Superior Court, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, from 2000 until March 1, 2015.[1] She presided over several high-profile cases, including the criminal trial of former Sheriff Sidney Dorsey[2] and the release of exonerated Clarence Harrison.[3]

Career

Education

Controversy

Becker announced her resignation from the DeKalb County Superior Court in November, 2014, citing her engagement to be married,[5] under the cloud of an Georgia Judicial Qualification Commission investigation into her handling of a case where she rejected a witness' testimony in a public corruption case.[6]

In August, 2015, a Cobb County, Georgia grand jury indicted Becker on charges that she lied to the state judicial watchdog agency about her handling of that case.[7] The charges were dismissed a few days later[8] and the prosecutor was scolded for seeking the indictment.[9]

Acclamations

References

  1. http://w2.georgiacourts.gov/journal/index.php/component/content/article/59-march-2015/328-transitions. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Christensen, Tracey (15 August 2002). "Dorsey: Life Plus 23 Years in Prison". Free Republic. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. "Wrongly-Convicted Inmate Goes Free after 17 Years in Prison". Georgia Innocence Project, Inc. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. "Cynthia Becker". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. Niesse, Mark (10 November 2014). "DeKalb judge plans to resign". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. "Judge in DeKalb corruption case sends resignation letter". The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. Johnson, Kent D. (20 August 2015). "Grand Jury Indicts Ex-DeKalb Judge Over Her Dealings With JQC". Daily Report. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. "Charges against ex-DeKalb Judge Becker dropped". AJC.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  9. McDonald, R. Robin (27 August 2015). "Cobb Judge Blasted Prosecutor Over Ex-Judge's Short-Lived Indictment". Daily Report. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  10. "Judge Cynthia J. Becker". Stone Mountain Judicial Court Circuit. Retrieved 10 July 2012.


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