YOUR WORLD NEWS
OCTOBER
DAY 22
L’aquilla, Italy
In a historic sentencing 7 people were placed on trial and found guilty in L'aqualla, Italy courts for multiple manslaughters due to the underestimation of a natural disaster. According to sources these men failed to notify safety precautions to the general public of the possible quake’s magnitude and estimated time of arrival. There are six scientists and one government official whom were given a term of 6 years in jail on Monday, October 22, 2012 for failing to notify public dangers of the earthquake which occurred in 2009.
Presently, all 7 of group remain free until they have exhausted their two chances to file appeals. The prosecutor for the case Fabio Picuti asked for a reduced sentence of four years for each defendant. All seven of the defendants were members of the Major Risks Committed which met in March 31, 2009 six days before the quake devastated the region leaving at least 309 dead, thousands homeless and serious damage to properties and buildings.
Many in the legal precedent are deeply concerned with current law sentencing of the science community and call this is a shock to the all science. Others are expressing opinions that natural disasters like earthquakes can never be predicted and it’s totally unfair to those who watch the earth’s activity and take chances at giving predictions they are made to rule over, may lead to somewhat unfair punishments. Over 5,000 members of the scientific community sent an open letter to the President of France Giorgio Napolitano denouncing the trial against colleagues failing to predict a quake. In addition to the 6 year sentencing, the 7 are asked to pay almost $12million dollars in damages to the survivors.
Interesting?
“How could they really know & tell what and when if they have no control over such things as this?
Do you have an opinion?
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Posted By: MIISRAEL Bride
Friday, October 26th 2012 at 9:35AM
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