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Judge won't delay Upper Big Branch sentencing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge has refused to give prosecutors more time to obtain information from a former Upper Big Branch Mine superintendent before the man is sentenced for his role in plotting to skirt safety rules at the Raleigh County operation.
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ruled that prosecutors "failed to state good cause" for their requested delay in the sentencing of Gary May, who pleaded guilty and is cooperating in the ongoing investigation of the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 Massey Energy Co. miners.
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Judge won't delay Upper Big Branch sentencing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge has refused to give prosecutors more time to obtain information from a former Upper Big Branch Mine superintendent before the man is sentenced for his role in plotting to skirt safety rules at the Raleigh County operation.
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ruled that prosecutors "failed to state good cause" for their requested delay in the sentencing of Gary May, who pleaded guilty and is cooperating in the ongoing investigation of the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 Massey Energy Co. miners.
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