Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted of more serious charges.Second bet: If the conviction stands, he next president elected from the GOP will pardon him in a New York nanosecond.
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 serious conspiracy charge that could have netted five years in prison. He was also acquitted of making false statements and securities fraud.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Bet He Never Sees the Inside of a Jail Cell
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crime,
the American Oligarchy
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