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Aug 26, 2019 · A federal magistrate judge in West Virginia on Monday recommended overturning the conviction of Donald L. Blankenship, a former coal executive who served one year in prison after a deadly...
Apr 6, 2016 · Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto announced that former Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship was sentenced today to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Blankenship was sentenced for conspiracy to willfully violate mine health and safety standards after a jury returned a guilty verdict on the federal crime.
Jan 26, 2024 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018, filed paperwork Friday to run as a Democrat for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.
Dec 3, 2015 · A federal jury in West Virginia convicted Blankenship of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards. The misdemeanor charge carries up to one year in prison. He was acquitted of a more...
Apr 6, 2016 · Don Blankenship will spend one year in prison and pay a $250,000 fine. Blankenship was the CEO of Massey Energy in 2010 when an explosion in the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners.
Apr 7, 2016 · Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship walks to a waiting car after being sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to willfully violate mining standards.
Oct 3, 2022 · The Supreme Court says it won't review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was found guilty of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine before the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men.
