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"Are campaign contributors buying justice?"

"Are campaign contributors buying justice?" Today's issue of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article that begins, "For 10 years, Hugh Caperton, a financially debilitated coal producer from southern West Virginia, and the Pittsburgh attorneys who represent him have waged a courtroom war against Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, one of West Virginia's most powerful businessmen. Their next battle could be fought in the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Caperton claims he was denied a fair hearing in West Virginia's highest court, which he says was under the influence of Mr. Blankenship."

Full post as published by How Appealing on September 21, 2008 (boomark / email).