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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 16, 2017, 05:23 AM May 2017

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

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is marking his release from federal custody with an appeal for vindication by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Blankenship served a one-year federal prison sentence after being convicted of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety laws. The charges stemmed from the disaster at a Massey Energy mine in West Virginia in 2010 that left 29 coal miners dead.

"We never give up," says Blankenship attorney William Taylor, who notified the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that Blankenship will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.

In his first two days of freedom, Blankenship has posted a blizzard of tweets declaring his innocence and blaming the Upper Big Branch mine disaster on federal regulators and what he says was a natural inundation of natural gas.

Read more: http://wvpublic.org/post/convicted-coal-mine-ceo-taking-his-case-us-supreme-court

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Convicted Coal Mine CEO Is Taking His Case To The U.S. Supreme Court (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2017 OP
well now that it's 5-4 again Ohioblue22 May 2017 #1
Just in time for Neil Gorsuch DonCoquixote May 2017 #2
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That evil man Blankenship... k8conant May 2017 #4
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