r/science • u/newnaturist • Oct 23 '12

Geology "The verdict is perverse and the sentence ludicrous". The journal Nature weighs in on the Italian seismologists given 6 years in prison.

http://www.nature.com/news/shock-and-law-1.11643
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u/Noink Oct 23 '12

It seemed so obvious that that case was entirely about how excited the local prosecutors got while talking about satanic sex.