Examining Black bail plea
Supreme Court of the United States blog read more here
June 05, 2009
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May 28, 2009
Ex-Hollinger executive Boultbee granted bail pending appeal / CBC.ca
He will be released on bail pending the Supreme Court's decision read more here
May 27, 2009
Black Co-defendant closer to being released
by Paul Waldie
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail, Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 02:42AM EDT
One of Conrad Black's co-defendants has moved closer to being released from jail while the United States Supreme Court reviews fraud convictions in the case. Lawyers for John Boultbee filed a motion yesterday in a Chicago court seeking that he be released on $500,000 (U.S.) bail until the Supreme Court makes a decision on the case. Prosecutors have agreed to the request, according to court filings. Judge Amy St. Eve is expected to rule on the bail request tomorrow. Mr. Boultbee was convicted of fraud in 2007 along with Lord Black and two other former executives of Hollinger International Inc. He received a 27-month jail term that he began serving last July at a prison in California
May 24, 2009
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May 21, 2009
Experts say odds favor Black
Experts say odds favor black read more here
May 20, 2009
Black hopes for "happy, just ending."
Black hopes for happy ending in email from prison to National Post
May 19, 2009
One legal expert calls it "a million to one jackpot"
One legal expert calls it "a million to one jackpot"/New York Post
High court to hear appeal
High court to heal appeal read more here
May 18, 2009
Supreme Court to hear Conrad Black's appeal in the fall
Supreme Court to hear Conrad Black's appeal Black v US 08-876 read more here
Supreme Court will review Conrad Black's fraud conviction
Supreme Court will review Black's conviction read more here
May 09, 2009
Conrad Black: The end of the road for GM; a new path for Chrysler
Conrad Black in the National Post read more here
March 22, 2009
March 09, 2009
March 08, 2009
March 02, 2009
March 01, 2009
Conrad Black approaches first anniversary in Prison
Peter Worthington visits Conrad Black his observations here
January 31, 2009
Conrad Black: The Axis of Evil, seven years later
Conrad Black writes in the National Post read here
January 17, 2009
Conrad Black on FDR: Our difficulties, thank God, concern only material things
Conrad Black speaks in National Post read here
January 12, 2009
January 06, 2009
Bring it on Michael Wolff/ by Conrad Black
Press baron and Rupert frenemy Conrad Black responds to Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff’s attacks read more here
December 27, 2008
Conrad Black on Rupert Murdoch: A 'great, bad man' who deserves a better biography
Conrad Black reviews Michael Wolff's, The Man Who Owns the News - from his jail cell in the National Post. read more here
December 18, 2008
December 15, 2008
December 08, 2008
Washington Times urges Bush to pardon Conrad Black
Monday, December 8, 2008
EDITORIAL: Whom shall Bush pardon?
In his last weeks in office, President Bush has an opportunity to redress the scales of justice for a few individuals who were harshly punished and some who never should have been prosecuted. In the former category is press baron Conrad Black, whose sentence Mr. Bush should commute. In the latter category is Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, whom the president should pardon. In both categories are Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, who deserve both a pardon and commutation.
Mr. Bush has thus far been cautious in the use of his presidential prerogative. He has pardoned 171 individuals - less than any president since World War II, excluding his father, who pardoned 74 and commuted three sentences. Individuals who seek a pardon can file a formal application with the Justice Department, or they can be pardoned by the president regardless. The president can commute a sentence - that is, reduce or eliminate it - and he can grant a pardon, which is an official act of forgiveness that restores civil rights. A pardon is issued to felons who have been out of jail for five years and have been upstanding citizens since their release. A pardon restores the right to vote, to bear arms and to seek political office. Mr. Bush has thus far chosen to pardon nonviolent offenders, many of whom are blue-collar workers from rural areas, are churchgoing and are former hunters or shooting enthusiasts. The precise reasons a president grants pardons are unknown.
There are several thousand applications seeking review. Those on the list who are murderers, child molesters or rapists should summarily be excluded from clemency by Mr. Bush, in our view.
However, the four we highlighted earlier are worthy of consideration. Black, a media mogul, was convicted in July and sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail for fraud and obstruction of justice. His sentence is harsh. Black has already paid $6.1 million to Hollinger International Inc., the company whose shareholders were defrauded, and a fine of $125,000. We urge the president to commute his sentence.
Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice in the federal investigation of the leaking of the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Mr. Bush commuted Libby's 30-month sentence. Libby has also paid fines. He has been stripped of his law license, faces two years of supervised release and is required to perform 400 hours of community service. We urge the president to grant him a full pardon.
The most egregious case of injustice is that of border guards Compean and Ramos. They were convicted of shooting a drug smuggler who had scuffled with them and was attempting to enter the United States. The justice system failed to recognize that these border guards were rightfully carrying out their duties. Mr. Bush should allow these men to be immediately released from jail and should grant them a full pardon.
Only the president can - and should - tip the scales of justice in the right direction when all other recourses have failed.
November 25, 2008
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October 29, 2008
Pardon me?/Michael Sneed, Chicago Sun-Times
Pardon me?
October 29, 2008
Sneed hears that jailed press baron Conrad Black, the former owner of the Chicago Sun-Times now serving time in a Florida prison for defrauding his newspaper empire, is seeking a pardon and/or clemency from President Bush before he leaves office.
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Court Filings
- Indictment United States vs. Rod R. Blagojevich et.al 08 CR 888 (N.D. Il.)
- Ravelston Plea agreement
- David Radler Plea agreement
- Charges (recap)
- Jury Instructions
- Defense opening remarks
- Prosecution opening remarks
- Juror Questionaire
- The report on the investigation by Special Committee of Hollinger International Inc.
- The Indictment
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