Cynthia J. Becker
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Cynthia J. Becker is a Superior Court Judge in Division 6 of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit located in DeKalb County, Georgia
. She has presided over several high-profile cases, including the criminal trial of former Sheriff Sidney Dorsey
and the release of exonerated Clarence Harrison
.
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
. She has presided over several high-profile cases, including the criminal trial of former Sheriff Sidney Dorsey
Sidney Dorsey
Sidney Dorsey served as sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia from 1996 to 2000. Dorsey was the first African-American to serve as sheriff of DeKalb County and was married to Atlanta city councilwoman Sherry Dorsey...
and the release of exonerated Clarence Harrison
Clarence Harrison
Clarence Harrison was wrongly convicted in 1987 for the kidnapping, rape and robbery of a 25 year-old-woman in Decatur, Georgia. He is the first person exonerated through the work of the Georgia Innocence Project....
.