Six Italian scientists who risked lengthy prison sentences after being accused of failing to give adequate warning of a 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 people have been cleared by an appeals court.
In their initial trial two years ago, the experts were found guilty of multiple manslaughter charges and of failing to predict the devastating tremor, which affected the mountain city of L’Aquila and surrounding villages.
They were each sentenced to six years in jail.
But they appealed the convictions and had remained out of prison pending the outcome.
The appeals court in L’Aquila on Monday overturned the 2012 guilty verdicts, saying that no crime had been committed. Full story...
In their initial trial two years ago, the experts were found guilty of multiple manslaughter charges and of failing to predict the devastating tremor, which affected the mountain city of L’Aquila and surrounding villages.
They were each sentenced to six years in jail.
But they appealed the convictions and had remained out of prison pending the outcome.
The appeals court in L’Aquila on Monday overturned the 2012 guilty verdicts, saying that no crime had been committed. Full story...
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