http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/world...?iref=allsearch

Excerpt:
The court in L'Aquila [Italy] sentenced the scientists and a government official Monday to six years in prison, ruling that they didn't accurately communicate the risk of the earthquake in 2009 that killed more than 300 people.

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Then again, Italy has a long history of legal abuse of scientists. Galileo comes to mind. And of course, this is the same society that brought the people "justice" in the form of Benito Mussolini.

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