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I recall hearing of Italy having a poor legal/justice system. Can anyone comment on this verdict as it relates to Italy? Would these scientists be found guilty in Germany, Spain, Greece, etc.?

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Well, the sentence is not really about "earthquake prediction", but about the fact that some hours before the big earthquake alarms from the INGV (the italian institute for earthquake monitoring, one of the best in the world) were ignored.

Of course nobody can predict earthquakes, but in L'Aquila's quake there were strong evidence of "something happening", and they were ignored: that's why they were found guilty.

P.s. I'm from Italy

There were no "big earthquake alarms from the INGV", that's the whole point. If you have sources that say the contrary, I would be interested in reading them.

Isn't US the nation where companies get sued because coffee is too hot?

Yes, but that's civil litigation between 2 people or a person and a corporation.

No one in the U.S. goes to jail for serving hot coffee.

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