June 05, 2009

Examining Black bail plea

Supreme Court of the United States blog read more here

US government opposing Conrad Black's bid for bail pending appeal

read more here

June 02, 2009

Black's memoir will have to wait

read more here/Globe and Mail

May 31, 2009

Conrad Black: Pius XII was on the right side

read here in the National Post

May 28, 2009

Conrad Black to apply for bail

  read more here

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,

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

Conrad Black, the Supreme Court and honest services fraud

read more/Wall Street Journal

May 22, 2009

USA v. Conrad Black Will Be a Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

   read more here

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

Lady Black delivered the news

Lady Black delivered the news

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

U.S. Supreme Court will review Black's fraud conviction

more from CBC

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

Conrad Black defends friend, Ann Coulter/National Post

Conrad Black talks about Ann Coulter

March 09, 2009

A year into his sentence, Black maintains his innocence

read more here

March 08, 2009

Conrad Black: Obama offers to share the poverty/ National Post

read here

March 02, 2009

A Day in the life of Conrad Black/Theresa Tedesco,National Post

read Theresa Tedesco's email interview here

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

Conrad Black on Blago: Chicago's Torquemada claims another victim

Conrad Black read more here

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

Parole lets Radler get back to work/Paul Waldie,Globe and Mail

Parole lets Radler get back to work

December 15, 2008

David Radler free after nine months

David Radler free after nine months/Kelly McParland, National Post

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

Exclusive: Conrad Black's Jail Diary/ Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Conrad Black's Jail Diary

Conrad Black not on Bush's Pardon list

Conrad Black not on Bush's Pardon list

November 21, 2008

Conrad Black in jail plea to Bush/BBC

Conrad Black in jail plea to Bush/BBC

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.

August 21, 2008

Conrad loses bid for appeal/Andrew Harris, Bloomberg News

Conrad loses bid for appeal/Andrew Harris, Bloomberg News

August 20, 2008

Black still lording it in jail/Benedict Moore-Bridges, Evening Standard

Black still lording it in jail/Benedict Moore-Bridges, Evening Standard

August 15, 2008

Conrad and I were betrayed/Barbara Amiel

Conrad and I were betrayed/Barbara Amiel

August 03, 2008

Black's searing views from jail/Independent.ie Disgraced media tycoon Conrad Black, bloodied but unbowed, talks politics and justice with Ruth Dudley Edwards

Black's searing views from jail/Independent.ie

August 01, 2008

Conrad Black's Appeal/editorial New York Sun

Conrad Black's Appeal/editorial New York Sun

July 18, 2008

Dershowitz hired as Black seeks new hearing/Jacquie McNish, Globe and Mail

Dershowitz hired as Black seeks new hearing/Jacquie McNish, Globe and Mail

July 17, 2008

Black files appeal, Supreme Court next/Theresa Tedesco, National Post

Black files appeal, Supreme Court next/Theresa Tedesco, National Post

June 25, 2008

U.S. Court rejects Black's appeal/Mary Vallis, National Post

U.S. Court rejects Black's appeal/Mary Vallis, National Post

June 11, 2008

George Jonas: Conrad Black is innocent/National Post

George Jonas: Conrad Black is innocent/National Post

June 10, 2008

Judges don't understand case, Black says/Paul Waldie, Globe and Mail

Judges dont understand case, Black says/Paul Waldie, Globe and Mail

June 08, 2008

Judges appear cool to Black appeal/Susan Chandler, Chicago Tribune

Judges appear cool to Black appeal

June 05, 2008

Conrad Black's Lawyer Tells Court Trial Was Tainted/Andrew Harris/Bloomberg

Conrad Black's Lawyer Tells Court Trial Was Tainted/Andrew Harris/Bloomberg

Case against Black weak, lawyer tells appeal/Paul Waldie, Globe and Mail

Case against Black weak, lawyer tells appeal/Paul Waldie, Globe and Mail

June 02, 2008

Conrad Black's appeal/Steven Skurka, National Post

Conrad Black's appeal/Steven Skurka, National Post

May 30, 2008

Conrad Black an inmate turned professor/Theresa Tedesco,National Post

Conrad Black an inmate turned professor/Theresa Tedesco,National Post