Upper Big Branch Mine disaster

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.

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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.

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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.