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June 2008
- Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong
  
  New York Sun | Jun 19, 08 4:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun , picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political discourse permanently, Perlstein revels in his “manic, corrupt, rat cunning,” plus, Black notes, “cynicism, opportunism and chicanery.” More »
March 2008
- Conrad Black Appeals Prison Sentence
  
  National Post (Canada) | Mar 15, 08 9:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lawyers for former newspaper mogul Conrad Black appealed his 6½-year prison term for fraud today, arguing that the jury received bad instructions and that the evidence failed to prove he had knowledge of shady dealings, reports Canada's National Post . Black was convicted of bilking about $6 million from Hollinger International, his former Chicago-based newspaper publishing company. He began serving his sentence at a Florida prison last week. More »
- Conrad Black Starts 6½-Year Prison Term
  
  Reuters | Mar 3, 08 6:54 PM CST
  
  $Conrad Black Starts 6½-Year Prison Term$
  
  (Newser) - Ex-newspaper mogul Conrad Black arrived at a Florida prison today to start his 6-and-1/2 year term for fraud and obstruction of justice, Reuters reports. He stayed mum as his wife drove him in, but is appealing the ruling that he helped bilk his former company of $6.1 million. "My book about this outrage is almost ready, so if I must go, I will not be going quietly," he wrote in a recent email. More »
February 2008
- Swindler Black Ordered to Jail
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 29, 08 4:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Former media tycoon Conrad Black, convicted of swindling millions from his newspaper empire, will be behind bars by Monday night, reports the Chicago Sun-Tribune . A Chicago court ruled that he couldn't remain free on bail while awaiting a decision on his appeal. Black has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for obstruction of justice and defrauding shareholders of Hollinger International, once the third-largest publisher of English-language newspapers in the world. More »
December 2007
- Recent Cases Showcase New Judicial Leeway
  
  Chicago Tribune | Dec 11, 07 4:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - More federal judges are giving themselves wiggle room when it comes to once-strict sentencing guidelines, as evidenced by three recent high-profile court cases. The three—involving Conrad Black, Michael Vick, and a crack cocaine case that made it to the Supreme Court—illustrate how a spate of high-court rulings have given judges more leeway, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »
- Conrad Black Draws 6½-Year Sentence
  
  Globe and Mail | Dec 10, 07 1:27 PM CST
  
  $Conrad Black Draws 6½-Year Sentence$
  
  (Newser) - Onetime newspaper magnate Conrad Black was sentenced today in Chicago to 78 months in prison for fraud and impeding an investigation. He was also ordered to forfeit $6.1 million and fined $125,000. Prosecutors had pressed for a harsher sentence, but the judge decided to use more lenient sentencing guidelines from 2000, the Globe and Mail reports. More »
November 2007
- Black Sentence Could Be Just 5 Years
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 28, 07 1:44 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A confidential report prepared for the judge in the Conrad Black trial suggests that the disgraced media baron might receive a jail sentence far shorter than the 24-30 years prosecutors are seeking. The pre-sentencing report gives a much lower estimate for the scale of Black's fraud—$6.1 million, not the prosecution's $32.15 million—and recommends about five years behind bars. More »
- Judge Rejects Black's Last Effort to Avoid Jail Time
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 7, 07 9:21 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Conrad Black has exhausted his last legal option to avoid a lengthy jail sentence, says the Times of London, after the presiding judge dismissed a motion to have his fraud conviction overturned. In a 39-page decision, a judge rejected claims that an unreliable witness had prejudiced the decision against the disgraced media baron. Prosecutors are now seeking a 19 to 24 years at sentencing later this month. More »
August 2007
- Black 'hiding millions'
  
  Australia's News Network | Aug 3, 07
  
  A PRIVATE investigator has accused former media mogul Conrad Black of hiding money by moving about $A31.58 million between accounts across the world.
- Black Holds $60M Offshore, Court Hears
  
  Globe and Mail | Aug 2, 07 8:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black has shuffled $60 million to an offshore account into Gibraltar, an affidavit filed at his Chicago bail hearing alleged yesterday. Canada's Globe and Mail reports that Juval Aviv, a private investigator with a checkered past, told the court that he had uncovered a complex network of secret bank transfers while working for Black's Hollinger Media. More »
- Black must await sentence in US
  
  BBC | Aug 2, 07
  
  Conrad Black cannot leave the US while he awaits sentencing for fraud and obstructing justice, a judge has ruled.
- Black backlash
  
  Edmonton Sun | Aug 1, 07
  
  His business power gone, Conrad Black is nobody's darling now
July 2007
- Press Baron Stays Out of Prison
  
  Globe and Mail | Jul 20, 07 5:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Press baron Conrad Black will remain free on $21-million in bail until his sentencing for three counts of fraud and one of obstructing justice. Prosecutors fear that if he's out on bail he'll flee to Canada because he's facing 30 years in prison, he's rich, and he hasn't shown respect for the court. More »
- Sun Editor Reveals Bright Side of Black
  
  New York Sun | Jul 17, 07 3:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a speech to the staff of the New York Sun, editor-in-chief Seth Lipsky paints a different picture of former media baron Conrad Black than a US District Court in Chicago did last week. Lipsky heaps laud on the disgraced mogul for helping seed the paper, as well as the "greatest of the London broadsheets," the Telegraph . More »
- Black's Sass Could Stretch His Jail Time
  
  Times (UK) | Jul 16, 07 4:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Conrad Black isn't helping himself by refusing to back down now that he's been found guilty, the Times of London reports, and the mogul-slash-felon may even face extra jail time because of his continued impudence. A demonstration of contrition often leads to a shorter sentence, but Black isn't playing: "Any charge is unsatisfactory," the media mogul said after Friday's conviction. More »
- Black May Lose Wealth Along With Freedom
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jul 15, 07 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, media mogul Conrad Black now stands to lose his vast fortune, the Guardian reports. Although Black was cleared of the most serious charge against him--racketeering--the fraud conviction allows a raid on his assets. The prosecution is specifically targeting his Palm Beach, Fla. mansion, now on the market, and proceeds from the sale of his Manhattan apartment. More »
- Conrad Black Found Guilty in Fraud Trial
  
  New York Times | Jul 14, 07
  
  Conrad M. Black, the gregarious press tycoon also known as Lord Black of Crossharbour, was found guilty today by a Chicago jury of three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. Mr. Black was cleared of nine other counts against him, including racketeering. He is expected to appeal and the judge presiding over the case, Amy J. St. Eve, is expected to allow him to remain free on bail during that process. He could face up to 35 years in prison, but will likely be sentenced to far less.
- Black Convicted of Fraud
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jul 13, 07 11:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A federal jury convicted British Lord and former media baron Conrad Black on three counts of fraud and one of obstruction of justice today. Black dodged a racketeering charge, while three associates on trial with him were convicted of multiple fraud counts after 12 days of deliberation. More »
- Black Jury Deadlocked
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Jul 10, 07 3:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The jury in Conrad Black's fraud and racketeering trial sent a note to the judge today saying it can't reach a verdict. After deliberating for eight days, the 12 Chicagoans appealed to Judge Amy St. Eve for advice. After huddling with the attorneys, St. Eve called jurors back to the courtroom and reread portions of the instructions on deliberations, the Financial Times reports. More »
June 2007
- Fraud Case Against Mogul Goes to Jury
  
  Reuters | Jun 27, 07 5:59 PM CDT

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Recent Cases Showcase New Judicial Leeway

Conrad Black Draws 6½-Year Sentence

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Judge Rejects Black's Last Effort to Avoid Jail Time

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Black Holds $60M Offshore, Court Hears

Black must await sentence in US

Black backlash

Press Baron Stays Out of Prison

Sun Editor Reveals Bright Side of Black

Black's Sass Could Stretch His Jail Time

Black May Lose Wealth Along With Freedom

Conrad Black Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

Black Convicted of Fraud

Black Jury Deadlocked

Fraud Case Against Mogul Goes to Jury