Ex-Coal CEO Asks Court To Toss Conviction In Mine Explosion

Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship have made a last pitch to the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out his conviction connected to a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
Attorneys for Don Blankenship say in the appeal that the high court should hear it so that other corporate executives aren’t subject to similar prosecutions for workplace safety violations.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports