(Press-News.org) Alexandria, VA – Much has been written about the court decision passed down
earlier this week by an Italian judge, convicting seven members of the Italian
Serious Risks Commission to six years in prison. The "L'Aquila Seven" were
convicted for inadequate warnings to residents of L'Aquila, Italy, before a
magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the region on April 6, 2009, killing more than
300 people. Though the story has received international attention and ignited
tensions throughout the scientific community, little attention has been paid to
the exact roles each of the seven played in delivering the final advice to the
public. Now, Max Wyss, a seismologist and director of the World Agency of
Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction (WAPMERR) in Geneva,
Switzerland, explains in a comment on EARTH Magazine's website that five of the
infamous seven may have been convicted for saying nothing — when they were
deprived of the chance of saying anything at all. Read the story online now
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/voices-judged-unfairly-laquila-roles-and-responsibilities-should-have-been-considered
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and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists,
geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides
information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in
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EARTH: Voices: L'Aquila judgement's disturbing details
2012-10-27
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