The families of the 346 people killed in the two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes have filed a rare petition for a writ of mandamus, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a district court decision that dismissed Boeing’s felony charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Filed Thursday, November 13, the request marks an extraordinary escalation in a case that has already tested the limits of federal criminal procedure, victims’ rights, and judicial oversight of corporate crime.

Newsweek spoke exclusively with Robert A. Clifford and Tracy Brammeier of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, representing the families, asking them to reflect on how years of secrecy, shifting government positions and the ultimate dismissal have shaped the families’ fight for justice, c

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