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Prosecutors: Former press lord shouldn't get bail

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.

Ex-Publisher Gets 29 Months in Prison

F. David Radler, former publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and No. 2 man in the once-powerful Hollinger International newspaper empire, was sentenced Monday to 29 months in prison for his role in stealing millions of dollars from Hollinger shareholders.

Media Mogul Conrad Black Gets 6 1/2 Years

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.

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Conrad Black asks George Bush for clemency
Source: The Times

Conrad 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.

Dead Men Walking
Source: Lapham's Quarterly

Conrad Black's perp-walk has literary precedent.

| Conrad Black convicted of fraud
Source: BBC News

Media tycoon Conrad Black has been convicted of three charges of fraud and one of obstructing justice by a jury in Chicago.

All the lord's men
Source: suntimes.com

On 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.

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