
“Earthquake experts worldwide expressed shock at the manslaughter convictions of six Italian scientists who failed to predict the deadly L’Aquila quake, warning that the decision could severely harm future research. Two scientists resigned their posts with the government’s disaster preparedness agency Tuesday after a court in L’Aquila sentenced six scientists and a government official to six years in prison. Seismologists were aghast at the court’s decision, noting that earthquakes remain impossible to forecast with any kind of accuracy.”
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/world/europe/italy-quake-scientists-guilty/index.html
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