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Black's Blind Eye Could Convict

By NewsDude , Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2007 6:18 AM CDT

(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. Read full story »

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