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. <BBC>
So the people who convicted Galileo for putting the sun at the centre of the solar system are now punishing scientists for wrongly predicting the next big one in the Apennines, a place that has been shaken by many big ones in the past.
Judge Marco Billi, whom one commentator described as having an IQ below freezing point, found against the scientists and has imposed considerable financial penalties as well as jail time.
Any scientists with an interest in working in The Dark Ages need only apply …
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