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In the first decade of the 21st century, the Asian Pacific American population in Georgia surged by 83 percent, compared with 46 percent for the nation as a whole; APAs now account for 3.6 percent of the state’s residents. Our guest op-ed writers today discuss how their growing presence is reflected locally and nationally in one of society’s most important institutions: The judiciary.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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