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chemgear · 10-22-2012, 09:56 AM

Seems kinda crazy to me. Waiting for financial planners to be jailed for not predicting stock drops/poor results now.

Scientists sentenced to six years in prison for insufficiently warning victims:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...sts-trial.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...e-arrests.html

Seven scientists on trial for manslaughter linked to an earthquake in Italy that killed more than 300 people have been sentenced to six years in prison, a court has ruled.

The victims of the earthquake in L'Aquila have also been awarded between €40,000 to €450,000 ($52,000 to $584,000 Cdn), said freelance journalist Megan Williams.

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Defence lawyers condemned the charges, saying it's impossible to predict earthquakes. Seismologists have long concurred, saying the technology doesn't exist to predict a quake and that no major temblor has ever been foretold.

According to the commission's memo, issued one week before the big quake, the experts concluded that it was "improbable" that there would be a major quake though it added that one couldn't be excluded.

10-22-2012, 09:56 AM	#1
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	Italian scientists guilty of manslaughter in 2009 earthquake Seems kinda crazy to me. Waiting for financial planners to be jailed for not predicting stock drops/poor results now. Scientists sentenced to six years in prison for insufficiently warning victims: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...sts-trial.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...e-arrests.html Seven scientists on trial for manslaughter linked to an earthquake in Italy that killed more than 300 people have been sentenced to six years in prison, a court has ruled. The victims of the earthquake in L'Aquila have also been awarded between €40,000 to €450,000 ($52,000 to $584,000 Cdn), said freelance journalist Megan Williams. . . . Defence lawyers condemned the charges, saying it's impossible to predict earthquakes. Seismologists have long concurred, saying the technology doesn't exist to predict a quake and that no major temblor has ever been foretold. According to the commission's memo, issued one week before the big quake, the experts concluded that it was "improbable" that there would be a major quake though it added that one couldn't be excluded.