Wow! I'm forwarding this from the Geonet list for those of you who
didn't see it ...

Angie


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Subject: [GEONET] seismologists jailed for failure to warn
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:34:46 -0400
From: Shaun Hardy <[log in to unmask]>
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I heard this on the news yesterday and it sounded too outlandish to be
possible - but here's confirmation in the NY Times. Scary! (Who's next,
weather forecasters?)

Shaun H.


Italy Orders Jail Terms for 7 Who Didn’t Warn of Deadly Earthquake

ROME — Seven prominent Italian earthquake experts were convicted of
manslaughter on Monday and sentenced to six years in prison for failing
to give adequate warning to the residents of a seismically active area
in the months preceding an earthquake that killed more than 300 people...

The seven, most of them seismologists and geologists, were members of
the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/world/europe/italy-convicts-7-for-failure-to-warn-of-quake.html?_r=0

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