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Italian Earthquake Researchers Sentenced To Six Years In Prison!!!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26074239:MV8yMDI1NTAzXzM0MDM5Mzg0XzNGQjc0NEIw] Nature News just announced via tweet that the Italian Seismologists on trial for manslaughter have been sentenced to six years in prison. They were on trial after 309 people died in an April 6, 2009 magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the town of L'Aquila, Italy. Even though earthquake prediction isn't possible, previous studies had found that about half of bigger quakes in Italy were preceded by swarms of smaller earthquakes. That sounds like a good indicator, but the truth is that there are many more of these small swarms than big earthquakes, and only 2 percent of small swarms preceded bigger quakes. The scientists were on trial for failing to make the local government and citizenry fully aware of the possibility of a large quake during a March 31 meeting in L'Aquila. During that meeting one of the researchers, Enzo Boschi, called a large earthquake "unlikely," but warned that the possibility could not be excluded. Department of Civil Protection official Bernardo De Bernardinis took that info and told the town that there was "no danger," of a possible larger earthquake. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/italian-seismologists-six-years-prison-2012-10#ixzz2A2lSX9zz [/quote]
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