Diana Becton Biography

Diana Becton (Diana Becton Smith) is a former judge currently the first female African American to be elected district attorney in the history of Contra Costa County in California.

Diana Becton Age

Diana was born on August 16, 1951, in the United States.

Diana Becton Career

Diana was sworn in on September 18, 2017. She was criticized for plagiarizing portions of her attorney’s employment application. Diana was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 11, 1986, and her attorney status is active. She became a judge on November 28, 1995.

Diana worked for 22 years as a Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge. She was a temporary mid-term appointment to replace Mark Peterson, who voluntarily stepped down because of allegations that he had wrongly spent campaign contributions and after he pled no contest to perjury.

In July 2017 he was suspended by the state bar. In 2018, she was elected to the DA position. On July 7, 2020, Diana charged two residents of Contra Costa with a hate crime for allegedly defacing a Black Livers Matter mural.

Diana Becton says looters ‘needs’ should be considered when charged. A California district attorney is requiring her prosecutors to consider looters’ ”needs” when weighing criminal charges against them.

The new mandate, set forth by Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, makes it tougher to prosecute looting cases in the county, which sits just outside San Francisco.

Investigators must now consider “was this theft offense substantially motivated by the state of emergency, or simply a theft offense which occurred contemporaneously to the declared state of emergency?” according to the policy reported by local outlet East County Today.

In making that determination, they must also consider five other factors, including ”was the theft committed for financial gain or personal need?”

The new policy comes amid the swell of protest, looting, and riots in the wake of the police-involved shooting of black people across the nation. Diana, a judge in Contra Costa County who was elected DA in 2017, is the county’s first female and African American to work as the county’s chief law enforcement officer.

Her new policy drew strong rebukes from Antioch Mayor Sean Wright and the president of the Antioch police union. DA spokesman Scott Alonso said the new policy was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic and noted that the office has no recent evidence of prosecuting looters in a state of emergency. Looting carries a sentence of one year in county jail.

Diana recently penned an opinion piece for Politico magazine, along with four other DAs who are black women Satana Deberry in Durham County, North Carolina, Kim Gardner in St. Louis, Missouri, Kim Foxx in Cook County, Illinois, and Rachael Rollins in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Diana Becton Net Worth

Diana has an estimated net worth range between $1 million and $5 million.

Diana Becton Height and Weight

Diana stands tall at an average height and moderate body weight.

Diana Becton Education

Becton enrolled and later graduated from the San Francisco State University and the Golden Gate University School of Law.

Diana Becton Family

Diana information about his family is publicly unavailable. This section will be updated as as soon as this information is available.

Diana Becton Husband

Diana information about his love life is publicly unavailable. This section will be updated as as soon as this information is available.