The Late Zell Miller Diversified the Bench
Twenty-five of Miller's appointments were black. Forty-two were women. Eleven were both, meaning he added 56 black and female judges to the bench in eight years.
March 23, 2018 at 12:34 PM
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The news today that former Georgia governor and U.S. senator Zell Miller has died at age 86 prompts us to look back on the mark he left on Georgia's legal system—that of being the first governor to appoint a large number of minorities and women to judgeships.
As a staff reporter here, I wrote the following article, which was published Dec. 28, 1998, a few days before the end of his eight-year tenure as governor.
The Zell Miller Legacy: Diversity on the Bench
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