Cynthia J. Becker

Cynthia J. Becker
Judge for the DeKalb County Superior Court, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
In office
August 2000 – March 1, 2015
Personal details
Born
Cynthia Jeanne Becker[1]

(1957-02-26) February 26, 1957 (age 67)[2]
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida[2]
EducationUniversity of Central Florida (BA)
Georgia State University College of Law (JD)

Cynthia Becker Mello[3] (born February 26, 1957) is a former Georgia Superior Court Judge on the DeKalb Superior Court, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, from 2000 until March 1, 2015.[4] She presided over several high-profile cases, including the criminal trial of former Sheriff Sidney Dorsey[5] and the release of exonerated Clarence Harrison.[6]

  1. ^ Judge Profile: Hon. Cynthia Jeanne Becker
  2. ^ a b Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 6 - 1997). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602223.
  3. ^ Ex-judge says voters may have voided her pledge to stay off the bench
  4. ^ "Transitions". Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.
  5. ^ Christensen, Tracey (15 August 2002). "Dorsey: Life Plus 23 Years in Prison". Free Republic. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Wrongly-Convicted Inmate Goes Free after 17 Years in Prison". Georgia Innocence Project, Inc. 31 August 2004. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.