The real crime is that NOAA never releases their raw temperature data to be corroborated by other scientific entities.
No need.
Look at where they are collecting these “scientific” temperatures.
Bartow Florida has a temp monitor in the middle of a large asphalt parking lot. Originally that monitor was in the middle of the country, with absolutely nothing but woods and fields for miles. Over 50 years it became surrounded with asphalt, cars and buildings with air conditioners blasting out heat. They then make the claim that this is proof of the climate warming.
They have also been removing selected temp monitors as well as placing new ones in highly urban areas. And even this chicanery has not been sufficient to fake warming. Even then they have to resort to altering the raw data.
Yes, some people in the so called climate change debate should go to jail. But it’s not the “deniers” that are the criminals.