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Italian seismologists cleared of manslaughter

Appeals court says six scientists did not cause deaths in 2009 L'Aquila earthquake and cuts sentence of a government official.

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Abbott, A., Nosengo, N. Italian seismologists cleared of manslaughter. Nature 515, 171 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/515171a

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