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Published online 3 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031201-4
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Jury delivers split verdict on plague researcher
US microbiologist Thomas Butler guilty of theft, fraud, and illegally mailing bacteria.
A jury has found US microbiologist Thomas Butler guilty on 47 counts including theft, fraud and illegally mailing plague samples overseas. The verdict, delivered on 1 December, clears him of lying to federal agents, unlawfully transporting samples and cheating on taxes.
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