Will be as painful and frightening and damaging to him as possible. Cold hearted bastard.

By suspending any part of the sentence the judge could then impose a probationary period. Give him 'supervised probation' where he would regularly have to go down and meet, in person, with his probation officer. The judge could also impose terms of his probation that, if not met, could cause him to be 'violated' at any time and sent back to prison. Perhaps make it a condition of his probation that he do 'community service' - like wear an orange jump suit and pick up trash along the highway. I'm sure the judge could think of something.

He would probably violate it and serve the day just to be done with it. He did get off extremely light for what he has done. Our criminal justice system has some very serious problems.

board of directors. Bobby and Don were a scratch-my-back etc. When Don needed a raise, Bobby showed him how to squeeze it out of the safety program. Of course, Bobby got a raise also. If another board member was becoming weak in screwing the miners, Bobbie ratted him out to Donnie, and the two of him engineered a solution. Bobbie was also political, having developed contacts with congress during his navy days. When problems with mine safety arose, he is the one that went to the Dept of Labor and smooth them over. During the "W" years, Bobbie worked with Sec. of Labor Elaine Chao, who is the wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell. She tossed out the safety inspections and selected investigators of accidents to cover up for Blankenship and his mine.

The workers should be grateful to have a job - even it will kill them! Everybody can be rich in America - only if the work hard enough and apply themselves. These people obviously we're lazy underachievers if they were working as (disposable) coal miners. Why didn't they just get a job being a rich stock investor or a doctor instead?

(I hope I don't need to indicate my sarcasm here)

the worst, most dangerous known problems in the refinery in Texas City, Texas. They estimated they would only kill one or two workers. They had two other budget proposals that spent more to repair and not kill anyone, but their profits were higher under the one where they would kill workers. This in a plant that was already taking in a billion in PROFITS every year.

On March 23rd, 2005 the plant blew up killing 15 people and injuring thousands. BP paid a fine for the release of some benzine, no indictments of anyone! They did it again on the Deepwater Horizon, cutting corners to get the oil faster, again no one indicted for the deaths of 11 more.

We have a class of people above the law in this country, and you and I ain't in it!

instead of a mere conspiracy to violate mine safety laws, a freakin' misdemeanor!

Treating white-collar criminals like street criminals is a better deterrent to crime than the status quo. 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter, with their greater penalties, would have taught this thug a lesson better than a mere year in jail.

or even depraved indifference homicide.

I don't know WVA criminal law, but he was responsible - directly or indirectly - for those deaths.

Which is worse: that young man carrying a gun during a single drug deal—a crime that will earn him a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence—or a CEO jeopardizing the lives of hundreds, day after day? Which is worse: stealing money or trampling on laws that protect human life? In each case, to ask the question is to answer it.