Italian scientists on trial for failing to warn before L'Aquila earthquake

Seven scientists are accused of giving "inexact, incomplete and contradictory information" about whether smaller tremors felt by L'Aquila residents in the six months before the April 6, 2009 quake in Italy should have constituted grounds for a quake warning. The defendants are accused manslaughter and of giving "inexact, incomplete and contradictory information" about whether smaller tremors felt by L'Aquila residents in the six months before the April 6, 2009 quake should have constituted grounds for a quake warning. READ MORE