> if they are colluding to change the results of a study paid for with public monies
What study? Are you referring to the fact that at some point they drew a graph that updated data extrapolated from tree ring data with actual data from thermometers, and that that graph may or may not have actually been published? How long a jail term does that merit?
> destroy evidence requested by an official inquiry
What official inquiry? They talked about deleting emails they considered private. How long in jail for that?
> Criminal charges would send a strong, immediate signal to scientists in all areas of research
On our backward little island we don't yet throw people in jail on the basis of their academic research. I'm sure we'll get there soon.
What study? Are you referring to the fact that at some point they drew a graph that updated data extrapolated from tree ring data with actual data from thermometers, and that that graph may or may not have actually been published? How long a jail term does that merit?
> destroy evidence requested by an official inquiry
What official inquiry? They talked about deleting emails they considered private. How long in jail for that?
> Criminal charges would send a strong, immediate signal to scientists in all areas of research
On our backward little island we don't yet throw people in jail on the basis of their academic research. I'm sure we'll get there soon.