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Black's Blind Eye Could Convict

By NewsDude ,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2007 6:18 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The standard of proof at former media mogul Conrad Black's fraud trial in Chicago will be set low.  In issuing the so-called "ostrich instruction," the judge allowed the jury to convict if Black and his co-defendants deliberately avoided knowing about wrong-doing.

Black is accused of stealing $60 million dollars from Hollinger through sham non-compete agreements entered into with buyers of Hollinger newspaper properties. 

Conrad Black arrives at the Federal District Court for his fraud case, in Chicago, Tuesday May 8, 2007. David Radler, Conrad Black's former right-hand man is testifying today for the prosecution. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)
Conrad Black arrives at the Federal District Court for his fraud case, in Chicago, Tuesday May 8, 2007. David Radler, Conrad Black's former right-hand man is testifying today for the prosecution. (AP...   (Associated Press)
David Radler, Conrad Black's former right-hand man, arrives at the Federal District Court to testify in the Conrad Black fraud case, in Chicago, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)
David Radler, Conrad Black's former right-hand man, arrives at the Federal District Court to testify in the Conrad Black fraud case, in Chicago, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/CP, Tom Hanson)   (Associated Press)
Maclean's magazine editor Ken Whyte gets into a cab after testifying in the Conrad Black fraud and racketeering trial at the Dirksen Federal courthouse on Monday, June 4, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)
Maclean's magazine editor Ken Whyte gets into a cab after testifying in the Conrad Black fraud and racketeering trial at the Dirksen Federal courthouse on Monday, June 4, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jerry...   (Associated Press)
Former media mogul Conrad Black a(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Former media mogul Conrad Black a(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Media mogul Conrad Black asks a cameraman to let him take a walk alone during a recess in court, Thursday, May, 31, 2007 in Chicago. Black's attorneys launched their defense at his fraud trial Thursday, focusing on more than a dozen boxes of documents prosecutors claim he spirited out of...
Media mogul Conrad Black asks a cameraman to let him take a walk alone during a recess in court, Thursday, May, 31, 2007 in Chicago. Black's attorneys launched their defense at his fraud trial Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
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