Mccoy
Geotechnical
- Nov 9, 2000
- 907
The Appeal Court in L'Aquila reversed the first degree sentence which found 7 experts guilty of manslaughter for distorting the public perception of risk and causing the demise of some Citizens.
The appeal judges could not find a clear causal link between the meeting of the advisory panel and the alleged serious distortion of the risk perception of the population (reassurances to the citizenship). Also, the court could find no serious scientific flaws with the briefing final report.
The only member of the panel who has been found guilty is the one who, elicited by an anchorman, declared that the population could relax and sit drinking a glass of local wine. This guy was found guilty of mnslaughter but the original charge of 6 years has been decreased to two. He won't go to jail anyway.
What was nonplussing in the original trial is that there was no expert witness on risk analysis and management, much of the DA's motives were based on the reasonings of an anthropologist and two little known seismologists and also it was clear that the judge did not have a flawless grasp of the topic himself.
The citizens will fall back on the higher court in Italy, which may order a retrial should the formal procedure of the appeal turn out to be flawed.
The appeal judges could not find a clear causal link between the meeting of the advisory panel and the alleged serious distortion of the risk perception of the population (reassurances to the citizenship). Also, the court could find no serious scientific flaws with the briefing final report.
The only member of the panel who has been found guilty is the one who, elicited by an anchorman, declared that the population could relax and sit drinking a glass of local wine. This guy was found guilty of mnslaughter but the original charge of 6 years has been decreased to two. He won't go to jail anyway.
What was nonplussing in the original trial is that there was no expert witness on risk analysis and management, much of the DA's motives were based on the reasonings of an anthropologist and two little known seismologists and also it was clear that the judge did not have a flawless grasp of the topic himself.
The citizens will fall back on the higher court in Italy, which may order a retrial should the formal procedure of the appeal turn out to be flawed.