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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (929359)	4/6/2016 4:43:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

Tobacco companies clearly lied. Also their product is clearly helpful. The oil companies aren't even certainly wrong, let along lying (which is much more than just being wrong), and their product is clearly a massive net benefit to the world. The tobacco companies lied to get people to use a product that harms them. The oil companies sell people a useful and important product. And things go to far even against the tobacco companies. They've including health warnings for decades. Reasonably any liability should only be from before that time.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (929359)	4/6/2016 4:52:44 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578452

Coal Exec Sentenced to Prison Over Explosion Blankenship gets 1 year over blast that killed 29 By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 6, 2016 1:18 PM CDT newser.com (NEWSER) – A former coal CEO must go to prison for one year and pay $250,000 for his role in skirting safety rules prior to a mine explosion that killed 29 of his employees. Don Blankenship, who was running Massey Energy at the time of the 2010 blast in West Virginia, received his sentence Wednesday after his conviction on three misdemeanors. Jurors found that he "set up a scheme to circumvent safety standards and tip off workers to surprise inspections to speed up coal production," reports Bloomberg. Jurors, however, cleared him of felony charges that could have resulted in a decades-long sentence. Blankenship is appealing his conviction, but the judge ruled that he won't be allowed free during the appeal. "Instead of being to be able to tout you as a success story, we are here as a result of your part in a dangerous conspiracy," said the judge, per the AP. Blankenship, for his part, praised the men killed in the explosion as "great guys, great coal miners," but he didn't sound very repentant in court. "It is important to everyone that you know that I'm not guilty of a crime," he said.