Italian scientists and one official jailed for six years for failing to predict 2009 earthquake that

[The Dragon Master]

An Italian court has today convicted six scientists and a government official of manslaughter for failing to give adequate warning of the deadly earthquake in 2009.



The city of L'Aquila was decimated by the killer quake, which measured more than 6.3 on the Richter Scale and killed more than 300 people.



Now the group of seven, all members of an official body called the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks, have been found guilty of negligence and malpractice in their evaluation of the danger of an earthquake and their duty to keep the city informed of the risks.

Link and the rest of the article: http://www.dailymail...9-disaster.html



Do you think this is right? Why/why not?

 

[Jazzy]

No one can predict the future. For craps sake, these are scientists NOT fortune tellers. This is wrong and I hope they win an appeal. They must be quaking in thier boots right now!

 

[Evil Eye]

Only if they magically managed to predict this earthquake and kept it to themselves...

 

[Jonathan]

I was a little bit upset when I read this article. Stupid move by the authorities.