Tag: Conspiracy

Don Blankenship gets 1 year in prison for Upper Big Branch Mine blast

Don Blankenship “part of a dangerous conspiracy”: U.S. District Judge Irene Berger CHARLESTON, W.Va. _ A judge sentenced former coal executive Don Blankenship to a year in prison Wednesday for his role in the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades, saying he was part of a “dangerous conspiracy.” One day after the sixth anniversary of […]