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April 6, 2016 at 1:56 pm
One year for 29 deaths. Glenn Greewald got it right: And Justice For Some
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/coal-kin...away-with/
Quote:‘Coal king’ sentenced for the deaths of 29 miners — and you won’t believe what he got away with
Quote:Former coal mining CEO Don Blankenship was sentenced to on Wednesday for the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men in 2010.
The sentence: just one year in prison, the maximum under the charge for which he was actually convicted — and handed down six years and one day after the event itself. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger also sentenced Blankenship to an additional year on supervised release.
Maybe one of the dead has a relative in the prison? That would be justice.
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April 6, 2016 at 2:05 pm
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(March 30, 2016 at 2:11 am)The Atheist Wrote: All these racist Jews are getting on my nerves.
So, you're an antisemite too? Or is there some joke hidden in that rather disgusting statement?
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April 6, 2016 at 2:34 pm
(April 6, 2016 at 1:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: One year for 29 deaths. Glenn Greewald got it right: And Justice For Some
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/coal-kin...away-with/
Quote:‘Coal king’ sentenced for the deaths of 29 miners — and you won’t believe what he got away with
Quote:Former coal mining CEO Don Blankenship was sentenced to on Wednesday for the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 men in 2010.
The sentence: just one year in prison, the maximum under the charge for which he was actually convicted — and handed down six years and one day after the event itself. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger also sentenced Blankenship to an additional year on supervised release.
Maybe one of the dead has a relative in the prison? That would be justice.
He's a white collar, corporate high up. No doubt he'll be someone's bitch.
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April 6, 2016 at 3:22 pm
We can hope.
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April 6, 2016 at 3:23 pm
(April 6, 2016 at 3:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: We can hope.
I doubt they let him mix with the general population. He's white colar after all.
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April 6, 2016 at 3:25 pm
It's not that cushy.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/27/think-whi...ntary.html
Quote:Think white-collar prison is like 'Club Fed?' It's not
Quote:But Kimelman says prison wasn't easy.
"A guy on the inside who blamed me for his conviction did everything possible to jack my time, from putting a bounty on me to bragging to the other inmates that he had hired someone on the outside to rape my 8-year-old daughter, and then promised he would rape her again personally when he got out," Kimelman said. "From a societal point of view, I learned what an abject disgrace our prison system is (really the entire criminal-justice system). While I get that it's supposed to be punitive, I find it hard to believe that the American public would allow it to exist in its present state if they knew what it was like."
Well, you're wrong about that last part, shithead.
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April 6, 2016 at 3:29 pm
(April 6, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Well, you're wrong about that last part, shithead.
As long as the law and order idiots don't fear to end up there at some point, they certainly don't care.
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April 7, 2016 at 5:33 pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basket...-1.2589753
Quote:Tax exemption saves Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan $48.5 million for 2016 fiscal year
Quote:"This tax exemption is unfortunately another example of government policies and practices that give preferential treatment to large corporations rather than focus on what's in the best interests of the public," says noted attorney and Knicks fan Norman Siegel. "I would look to the mayor, the controller, the City Council to be looking out for the public's interest."
The tax break has been enshrined in law since 1982, when mayor Ed Koch approved it to keep the Garden's owners from acting on a threatened move to New Jersey. But despite local and state politicians pushing to have the tax break removed, any legislation ultimately has stalled in Albany, keeping the Garden's 34-year (and counting) tax free streak alive.
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April 7, 2016 at 8:14 pm
Again the republicunts ride to the rescue of the corporate slime.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35993797
Quote:US Senate effort to rein in cramped aeroplane seats fails
Quote:Airline companies opposed the bill saying the measure was attempting to "re-regulate" the industry.
The amendment failed 42-54 with all but one Republican voting against the legislation.
What do they care? Their leash holders fly on private jets anyway.
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