Six of the seven scientists convicted of manslaughter for not properly warning the town of L'Aquila, Italy about an earthquake that killed 309 people have been acquitted. The seventh scientist has had his sentence reduced to two years.

Italy, the country that earlier this year declared it a fineable offense to tell a man he has no balls, convicted seven seismologists of manslaughter on Monday, for failing to adequately assess the risk of a 2009 Earthquake that ended up killing 309 people.