Scientists Who Failed to Warn of Quake Found Guilty of Manslaughter

Posted by timothy on Monday October 22, 2012 @04:56AM from the well-that-sounds-productive dept.

An anonymous reader notes that the BBC reports "Six Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila. A regional court found them guilty of multiple manslaughter. Prosecutors said the defendants gave a falsely reassuring statement before the quake, while the defence maintained there was no way to predict major quakes. The 6.3 magnitude quake devastated the city and killed 309 people." The scientists were first charged more than two years ago.

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Re:Misleading summary by ShanghaiBill · 2012-10-22 05:32 · Score: -1, Flamebait

The lesson here is don't be a geologist in Italy.
No. The lesson here is that if you make forecasts, don't lie to people about the reliability of those forecasts. They had no scientific basis for them telling people not to worry.