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redwitch

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3. Appalling.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:52 PM

Oct 2012

I cannot grasp the logic behind this at all. And who will want to do the job now? I am hoping they can appeal the decision and win, this is a horrible miscarriage of justice!

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Think our justice system is screwy? Six Italian scientists have just been convicted of manslaughter [View all] pnwmom Oct 2012 OP

There seems to be a lot of incentive to stay out of Italy. Thatsa Shame. CBGLuthier Oct 2012 #1

Or make sure you've got a lawyer with you. n/t pnwmom Oct 2012 #2

Appalling. redwitch Oct 2012 #3

The appeal is automatic under their system. What is also crazy to me pnwmom Oct 2012 #6

I can't believe they were convicted Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #4

How will they ever get any scientist to sit on that commission again? pnwmom Oct 2012 #5

I understand that people died Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #12

If I were a seismologist, I'd would then tell everyone to evacuate every single time. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #10

No kidding Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #14

Why am I thinking of natural gas fracking here? valerief Oct 2012 #7

They weren't predicting. They were all members of a national commission pnwmom Oct 2012 #9

Shades of Galileo. RomneyLies Oct 2012 #8

Ican't even laugh about this. lalalu Oct 2012 #11

They're either really depressed or in a state of shock. pnwmom Oct 2012 #15

wow ..just wow! mshasta Oct 2012 #13

Well that's really going to encourage bright young Italians to enter into seismology. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #16

Don't give the GOP any ideas Politicalboi Oct 2012 #17

The case isn't nearly as straightforward as it's being presented in the media. Xithras Oct 2012 #18

It isn't true that the seismologists told people to stay in their homes. pnwmom Oct 2012 #21

" they want more and better information about possible future quakes" 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #19

They should have stuck to reading chickent entrails like the old Romans did. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #20