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Convicted Coal Mine CEO Is Taking His Case To The U.S. Supreme Court

7:35pm May 11, 2017

by Howard Berkes

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship announced his plan to appeal after he completed a one-year federal prison sentence for conspiracy to violate federal mine safety laws.

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, left, walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse on Nov. 24, 2015, after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial in Charleston, W.Va.

Ex-Massey Energy CEO Completes 1-Year Federal Criminal Sentence

9:34am May 11, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

After a year in federal prison and a halfway house, Don Blankenship immediately let loose on Twitter, condemning federal mine safety regulators, members of Congress and federal prosecutors.

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was sentenced to the maximum of one year in prison for conspiring to break safety laws and defrauding mine regulators at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch Mine, which exploded in 2010, killing 29 men.

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Former Coal Executive Don Blankenship Sentenced To 1 year In Prison

3:45pm April 06, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The former Massey Energy CEO also must pay a $250,000 fine for his role in a 2010 mining disaster that killed 29 miners.

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Trial Begins For Former Massey Energy CEO

4:39pm October 01, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

Don Blankenship, 65, is accused of conspiring to violate safety laws at Massey mines. In 2010, a blast at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers.

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U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Gag Order In Mine Disaster Case

1:04pm March 05, 2015

by Howard Berkes

Dozens of news organizations, including NPR, appealed after a judge issued the gag order in a criminal case involving ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster.