In the past several years, the nation\u2019s two most populous states have passed new statutes specifically intended to address the issue of rapidly changing scientific and technological knowledge, perhaps signaling a national trend. This reflection article situates a discussion of these \u201cchanged science statutes\u201d within a sociological understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge, exploring the question of what it means for scientific knowledge to \u201cchange.\u201d It then traces the procedural history of the two cases widely credited with prompting the passage of the statutes and courts\u2019 varying interpretations of the statutes. It suggests that, while changed science statutes offer broad potential for redressing the use of impugned science in closed cases, courts have thus far limited their applicability through narrow interpretation of the statutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the past several years, the nation\u2019s two most populous states have passed new statutes specifically intended to address the issue of rapidly changing scientific and technological knowledge, perhaps signaling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8803,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","portfolio_category":[65],"portfolio_tag":[60],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n