Italian Scientists to Stand Trial for Manslaughter in Quake Case

[dead0man]

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You almost expect sh**t like this in Iran or N.Korea, but Italy?  Don't they have a history of jailing scientists?

[The Mikado]

You almost expect sh**t like this in Iran or N.Korea, but Italy?  Don't they have a history of jailing scientists?

Galileo, for one.

[John Dibble]

It's quite amazing the lengths people will go to in order to find scapegoats for problems that aren't caused by anyone in particular.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They discouraged an evacuation? That goes beyond simply making a prediction wrong.

[dead0man]

So they should be tried for 308 counts of manslaughter?

[bullmoose88]

I'd like to see the statute here.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'd like to see the statute here.

Which way did you mean this?

I'd like to see the statute here. (i.e., you want to take a look at the law they are being charged under)

              or

I'd like to see the statute here. (i.e., you wish the United States had a similar law)

[John Dibble]

They discouraged an evacuation? That goes beyond simply making a prediction wrong.

If you make a prediction thinking it is likely correct, you're going to give advice based on that prediction regardless of whether or not your prediction is actually correct.

[bullmoose88]

I'd like to see the statute here.

Which way did you mean this?

I'd like to see the statute here. (i.e., you want to take a look at the law they are being charged under)

              or

I'd like to see the statute here. (i.e., you wish the United States had a similar law)

Ah...oops...the former case.

[7,052,770]

I didn't find this mentioned anywhere else, but how absurd is it to jail someone for being wrong about something as unpredictable as earthquakes?

[danny]

In a similar vein, any judge who wrongfully convicts someone should face charges of kidnapping, and false imprisonment.

[patrick1]

They discouraged an evacuation? That goes beyond simply making a prediction wrong.

Dude it is an earthquake and not a hurricane.  Now if the earthquake was powerful enough to spawn a tsunami and they didnt evacuate then it would certainly be a case.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I didn't find this mentioned anywhere else, but how absurd is it to jail someone for being wrong about something as unpredictable as earthquakes?

While I disagree with the verdict, I can understand the reasoning behind it.

[SPQR]

They discouraged an evacuation? That goes beyond simply making a prediction wrong.

That's the point IMO.
The former chief of the Protezione Civile (those responsible for all kinds of emergiences) at the time said that their consulence was "just done for the media", which makes it all the worse, since it shows how the whole topic was treated with tragic superficiality.