Aftershocks in the Courtroom

2012/10/11 by Edwin Cartlidge · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Aftershock #Digital Media Forensic Detection #Geology #Law in Society and Culture #Modern American Literature Studies #Seismology

paper · doi:10.1126/science.338.6104.184

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Abstract

An Italian judge will soon decide whether 30 people died because seven experts downplayed the risk of a major earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009.

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