Don Blankenship
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is being ordered to serve the remaining portion of his sentence. Blankenship was given a year in prison for safety issues after the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion and has been in a California prison since mid-May. He appealed the conviction but it was denied by a circuit court. Blankenship’s sentence also included a quarter-of-a-million-dollar fine.