Italy Jumps the Shark, Convicts Scientists for Failing to Predict Earthquake--NOT QUITE, SEE UPDATE

MOVING TO FRONT--UPDATED

Wow.  It's hard to imagine that any scientist will be willing to do any work for the public sector in Italy after this travesty.

UPDATE:  Reader Paolo Sandro points out that the initial news reports were a bit misleading; there is a better account here, though it is still rather surprising.