The state is moving forward with an ethics investigation against former DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Becker, who resigned recently, has been under investigation for her handling of a corruption case involving former DeKalb County School District Superintendent Crawford Lewis.
In the DeKalb schools case, Becker rejected a plea deal with Lewis and sentenced him to serve 12 months in jail. She said she didn’t believe Lewis was truthful when he testified against Pat Reid, the school system’s former construction chief, and Tony Pope, an architect.
A jury found Reid and Pope guilty of manipulating construction contracts in 2013, but Becker reversed their convictions late last year because she said their convictions relied on Lewis’ allegedly false testimony. The Georgia Court of Appeals then stepped in to put her actions on hold.
Becker previously said she resigned because she is engaged to be married — not because of any public pressure.
— Staff writers Mark Niesse and Bill Rankin contributed to this report.
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