Former Engineer Convicted for Obstruction of Justice in Federal BP Oil Spill Trial A former engineer for British Petroleum, or BP, was convicted on one count of obstruction of justice, after he allegedly deleted important text messages that could have been used as evidence in the BP Oil Spill trial. Kurt Mix was acquitted on a second charge of obstruction of justice, but for his first charge, the jury convicted him after nine hours of deliberation. His sentencing hearing is still to come, scheduled for March 26th, but he faces up to 20 … [Read more...]