August 26, 2019
A West Virginia magistrate judge recommended that a federal court should toss the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship because prosecutors admitted they withheld evidence that could have helped him fight charges he conspired to violate mine safety laws.
April 18, 2018
Former Massey Energy CEO and current U.S. Senate hopeful Don Blankenship moved Wednesday to throw out his conviction stemming from a deadly 2010 explosion at a mine operated by one of the company's subsidiaries, saying federal prosecutors withheld documents that would have helped his defense.
April 13, 2016
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship on Tuesday asked the Fourth Circuit to allow him to avoid prison while he appeals his conviction for conspiring to violate mine safety standards before a deadly explosion six years ago, saying he shouldn't have to serve a one-year prison term before his appeal is completed.
April 08, 2016
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will appeal a case that resulted in his conviction and one-year prison sentence for conspiring to violate mine safety standards before a deadly explosion six years ago, according to a notice filed with the Fourth Circuit on Thursday.
April 06, 2016
One day after the sixth anniversary of a deadly Massey Energy mine explosion, former Massey CEO Don Blankenship was sentenced Wednesday to serve 12 months and pay a $250,000 fine — both the maximum possible — for conspiring to block safety measures before the blast.
April 05, 2016
Federal prosecutors urged a judge Tuesday not to allow coal magnate Don Blankenship to stay out of prison while he appeals his misdemeanor conspiracy conviction in connection with safety violations at a mine where 29 miners died in an explosion, the same day the judge denied all restitution bids from victims in the case.
April 04, 2016
A West Virginia federal judge said Alpha Natural Resources Inc. can't stick the former CEO of Massey Energy, a company Alpha acquired, with the $27.7 million bill for its cooperation in the government's criminal case against him over a deadly 2010 coal mine explosion.
April 01, 2016
Former Massey Energy executive Donald L. Blankenship, who is waiting to be sentenced for conspiracy to violate safety regulations leading up to a deadly 2010 mine blast, urged a federal judge Thursday to postpone any potential prison time until he has a chance to appeal.
March 29, 2016
Federal prosecutors who secured the misdemeanor conspiracy conviction of Massey Energy ex-CEO Don Blankenship after an explosion that killed 29 miners pushed Monday for the maximum possible sentence of a year behind bars, saying the embattled former executive really deserves more.
March 25, 2016
Disgraced Massey Energy ex-CEO Don Blankenship told a West Virginia federal judge Friday the Fifth Amendment protects him from having to disclose financial information the government wants in relation to his sentencing for a conspiracy conviction that followed a fatal mine explosion.