Conrad Black found guilty on 3 charges

CBC (Constant Bolshevik Crap) ^ | Friday, July 13, 2007 | Staff

[paul51]

A travesty

Perpetrated by an out of control prosecutor

[shhrubbery!]

I lost faith in our justice system even before Nifong, Fitzfong, and whatever -fong this prosecutor was.

Prosecutors are not there to seek justice; they're there to put notches in their belts, or for a political agenda; or both.

Jurors are either stupid or blinded by their own prejudices; or inclined to reach some idiotic "compromise" verdict for the sake of comity (they want to have a group-hug in front of the TV cameras); or have a political agenda; or all of the above.

[GMMAC]

"He defrauded his company and was convicted of it. Pure and simple."

Much like the same kangaroo court 'justice' which made Scooter Libby a convicted felon while Rat pathological liars Joe & Valerie Wilson continue to be heralded as 'patriots' by their msm fellow travelers ???

[spyone]

What has this to do with Scooter Libby? Get over it.

[kcvl]

Conrad Black & wife

[kcvl]

[paul51]

What has this to do with Scooter Libby?

Fitgerald brought the charges. Do you trust him?

[spyone]

I trust the evidence, which I’ve read. Do you mean to suggest every conviction that comes out of Chicago is a corruption of justice?

[jdm]

Black was found not guilty.

[paul51]

You asked the connection and I noted it. If, after reading the ‘evidence’ you agree with a conviction, I’ll respect your opinion. I disagree.

[the Real fifi]

yes..For more on the case go to Macleans an d read Steyn’s live blogs of the trial. The jury found him guilty on only three of the thirteen counts but that is still preposterously wrong. And they found his three co-defendants guilty of three counts each (including the manifestly innocent Kipnis).

[kcvl]

Black had in 2005 removed boxes from the Toronto headquarters of Hollinger Inc., Hollinger International’s parent company. The removal of the boxes was the basis for the obstruction of justice charge.

[the Real fifi]

The only person defrauding the company is the dude Fitz installed to look after who’s making multi millions as this nonsense goes on. The stockholders were well served by Black when he was in charge.

[the Real fifi]

All of the material in those boxes had already been turned over to the SEC. At the time he removed them at the request of the landlord, he was not aware of any pending inquiry .

[paul51]

The removal of the boxes was the basis for the obstruction of justice charge.

I can't research right now however I believe there was a court order to vacate the office.

[headsonpikes]

"I hate Illinois Nazis!"

[spyone]

No they weren’t. The stock was a dud long before this all came to light.

[the Real fifi]

There was. The only govt seeking those docs which had already been turned over to the SEC was the Canadian govt but they never notified Black until days after he removed the stuff to comply with the eviction order.

[GMMAC]

As with Scooter Libby, the principal conviction amounts to a 'process' infraction within a 'case' which likewise saw the same overly ambitious & biased US Attorney throwing a ton of $hit against the wall in the hope that some might stick.

As indicated by in both matters the bulk of the charges resulting resulting in acquittals.

If this is typical of Fitzgerald's conviction ratio, it's a pretty fair argument for prosecutorial abuse of process ... not that any Rat 'golden boy' is ever going to be formally confronted with such.

In fact, in some States this very sort of headline-grubbing bias-driven misconduct can even get you elected Governor - just ask New York's Elliot Spitzer!

[paul51]

There may be more to it but when I first read of this it seemed as though he got charged for doing something a court had ordered him to do. That doesn’t seem quite right. The rest of it seems a like a bunch of men made a bad deal after their accountants and lawyers all signed off on it and then years later they decided they didn’t like it. Based on the result of 10 out of the 13 charges, I don’t think that’s too far off. The 2 fraud and 1 obstructing sounds like BS to me.