Upper Big Branch Mine

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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Politics & Government

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.

Federal prosecutors said Don Blankenship operated Massey Energy as a "lawless enterprise." He's seen here leaving a federal courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., on Nov. 17, when the jury began deliberations.

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Environment

Former Coal CEO Blankenship Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Mine Disaster Case

2:10pm December 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was acquitted of two other counts, meaning he'll face far less than the potential 30-year prison sentence prosecutors had sought.