W. Va.'s "king of coal" gets prison time for deadly mine blast
April 06, 2016 at 12:44 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va., April 6 (Reuters) - Former Massey Energy Chief Executive Don Blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $250,000 on Wednesday for his role in a 2010 coal mine explosion that killed 29 people.
