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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

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But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. Of course this line of research is not ‘recognized’ as a science in our state,” Askey wrote, explaining that she had sidestepped hearings that would have been required to assess the method’s legitimacy.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). and non-U.S.

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Democracy in Distress: Navigating the Crisis of U.S. Politics and Media

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This new authoritarian regime is being brought to the United States by the American Enterprise Institute, the Federalist Society and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Instead, like other American media they too are increasingly speaking to their own political camps.