Former DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker said she believes that Georgia voters’ approval this week of a constitutional amendment abolishing the state judicial watchdog agency could nullify a consent order she signed last year agreeing never to seek judicial office again.
After a yearlong legal battle, Becker signed the order—in which she agreed never to seek judicial office or serve as a judge—to resolve a civil ethics complaint against her by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission. Becker signed the deal with the JQC in response to an offer by a special prosecutor, who had in August 2015 secured a felony indictment against her based on the JQC complaint, to drop the criminal charges if she signed the consent order.
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