Error and Trial: Italian Scientists Face Prison as Earthquake Manslaughter Hearing Resumes This Weekend
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 07:00
in Earth & Climate
Did scientists and public officials encourage residents of L'Aquila to let their guard down prior to a tragic April 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people in that central Italian city? That is what an Italian court will consider Saturday as it resumes an unprecedented manslaughter trial of six Italian geophysicists and one former government official. [More]