Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia that wrecked on January 13, 2012, has been found guilty of manslaughter and other charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Thirty-two people died. Per CNN before the judges' verdict:
"The way prosecutors tell it, Francesco Schettino is an "idiot" who is not only to blame for the crash of the Costa Concordia, but who abandoned ship like a coward, ahead of most of his passengers.
The called him an idiot, lol! He was. And a coward.
The way his attorneys tell it, Schettino is a "scapegoat" who isn't responsible for the accident, having fallen into the lifeboat that carried him to shore only after losing his balance when the ship tilted."
I remember that story! Falling into a lifeboat, lol.
The judges believed the prosecutors.
