seismologist convicted manslaughter

Okay, since none of you except Alex are apparently able to produce an properly informed opinion

• 6 Seismologists and 1 government official are charged with manslaughter
  
• They were tasked to evaluate the risk and damage if a major earthquake were to occur
  
• i.e. what buildings have the highest risk of collapse, what to do if an earthquake occurs
  
• They failed to properly inform the government and people of the risks and damages
  
• They did inform a meeting that the possibility of a large scale earthquake is not 0
  
• They did not inform the meeting of what to do in the case of a large scale earthquake
  
• They (the government official specifically) informed the public in a press conference there was no threat
  
• The government official said smaller tremors release energy reducing the possibility of a large scale earthquake, which is incorrect
  
• They were not asked to predict an earthquake
  
• The case was tried with a single judge
  
• Convictions are not definitive without one level of appeal in Italy
  

Yes, the sentence appears to be unfair, but the fact that there are so many of you arguing they're being charged because they couldn't predict an earthquake is as ignorant as the judge trying them.