Word: hinchman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Federal inspector Tommy Hinchman had a different job: to review mine ventilation plans. Hinchman says Nelson paid him for help in drafting those plans, the same ones that Hinchman would later approve as an inspector. Says Nelson: "All Tommy Hinchman's done -- if he's guilty of anything -- was move me to the front of the line to get me through something. Common courtesy." In July Hinchman pleaded guilty to accepting a gratuity from Nelson...
...Hinchman was sentenced to four months of home confinement, with permission to leave only for work and for church. But life has dealt Hinchman a more severe punishment. Instead of a government desk job, he now works in one of the private mines whose ventilation plans he approved. He complains of the physical rigors and of how, hours after he exits the mine, his nostrils are still black with coal dust. And in the mining community in which he lives, he must endure the suspicions of those who feel betrayed. "I did not jeopardize the health and safety...