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SCIENCE AND THE LAW: Butler Gets Break on Pending Appeal
Jocelyn Kaiser
Infectious-disease researcher Thomas Butler will be back in the headlines next month when a federal appeals court in New Orleans, Louisiana, hears his request to overturn his conviction for fraud and mishandling plague samples.