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Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has turned down former newspaper mogul Conrad Black's request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction to the high court.
Former press lord Conrad Black should not be freed on bail while appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court his conviction for defrauding shareholders in his Hollinger International media empire, prosecutors said Monday.
Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black is asking a federal judge in Chicago to release him from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down former media executive Conrad Black's request to be released from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction.
Former media executive Conrad Black is seeking his release from prison, at least until the Supreme Court decides whether to uphold his fraud conviction.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider media executive Conrad Black's appeal of his fraud conviction. Black is serving a 6 1/2 year prison term.
Conrad Black is asking the Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich has turned to one of Chicago's best known lawyers to defend him — a legendary courtroom bulldog whose roster of clients includes rock star R. Kelly and Canadian-born press lord Conrad Black.
Lawyers for jailed former newspaper mogul Conrad Black told a federal appeals court that prosecutors failed to prove he tried to hide key documents, and they also disputed the fairness of jury instructions.
Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison, far less than sought by prosecutors, for swindling shareholders in his Hollinger media empire out of $6 million.
Conrad Black, the brash media mogul who vacationed in Bora Bora, rode around London in a Rolls Royce and ended up convicted of swindling shareholders out of millions of dollars, is headed for prison where inmates are paid 12 cents an hour for such jobs as washing windows and mopping floors.
Stanley Beck, a former chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, has been named chairman of Hollinger Inc., the holding company that was once a cornerstone of Conrad Black's newspaper empire.
Conrad Black: How the U.S. had its Confidence StolenNow that almost everyone has stopped announcing the end of prosperity as we had known it, the collapse of the economic system and the onset of a terrible depression, the burning question is why public confidence and economic morale collapsed so quickly.
Conrad Black in jail plea to Bush Former media tycoon Conrad Black is appealing to US President George W Bush to commute his prison sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice.
Conrad Black asks George Bush for clemencyConrad Black, the peer who once owned The Daily Telegraph, has asked for a pardon from President Bush as part of a last ditch attempt to get out of jail early.
Conrad Black seeks clemency from Bush | The AustralianIf Libby can get a pardon why can't I ?
"If you receive a check in the mail for $1 million that you have no reason to think you're entitled to, you cannot just deposit it and when prosecuted for theft say you didn't know you weren't entitled to the money."Media baron and author Conrad Black inched closer to the end of his legal road today when the Seventh Circuit unanimously affirmed his 6.5 year sentence.
Black gets six-and-a-half yearsFormer media tycoon Conrad Black has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.
Lord and Lady Black MoveBarbara Amiel (Lady Black of Crossharbour) describes her impending move following Conrad Black's conviction in Chicago.
As a convicted felon, Conrad Black is no longer welcome in CanadaMedia baron Conrad Black, once one of Canada's wealthiest and most influential citizens, is no longer welcome in his native country.
Guilty Black faces 20 years in jail | The AustralianThe former Telegraph chairman was convicted of three counts of fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice at the climax of a four-month trial in Chicago.Black breathed heavily as he listened to the jury foreman read the verdict, clearing him of nine of the thirteen charges ag …
| Conrad Black convicted of fraudMedia tycoon Conrad Black has been convicted of three charges of fraud and one of obstructing justice by a jury in Chicago.
Black 'lied to cover $60m theft'Media tycoon Conrad Black and key business associates lied in an effort to cover up the "systematic" theft of $60m, prosecutors have alleged.
Vocabulary: Are we losing our lexicon?With the Lord of Loquacity on trial in Chicago and schools playing down language to level the playing field, is the mind-expanding power of a well-stocked vocabulary becoming a thing of the past?
Class War in Conrad's CourtThere is no doubt that what is going on in that courtroom looks less like a fraud trial than class war, one at the heart of the Anglosphere. Even if Black wins, it will be harder to sell the world an ideological model that is so deeply reviled at home.
Celebs Dress for Court, Not Red CarpetNo summary; it's a photo-seed. You just have to look.
Number portability? Nortel perfected it long before the wireless companiesSome quick opinions from the Globe & Mail.
Radler to pay millions in civil suitConrad Black's former right-hand man David Radler has signed a settlement with the U.S.
All the lord's menOn Wednesday, former press baron Conrad Black, 62, begins the fight of his life -- a fraud trial in which he stands accused of helping to steal $84 million from the company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times.
TheTrial of Conrad BlackCanada's former press baron is in the fiercest fight of his life with the mightiest of opponents -- the United States of America
Lord Black wants backDisgraced media mogul Conrad Black wants to be a Canadian again — this after being forced to renounce it so he could sit in the British House of Lords.
BBC NEWS | Business | Court freezes Lord Black's assetsMedia tycoon Lord Conrad Black has had his personal assets frozen worldwide by a Canadian court. Under the ruling, which covers both his own and his wife's cash, he will have little access to his money and must get court approval for most spending.
Conrad Black charged with racketeering and obstruction of justiceFormer head of Hollinger International is facing more charges.
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