The Chicago jury hearing Conrad Black’s racketeering trial today revealed that it was deadlocked on “one or more” of the 16 criminal counts facing the fallen media mogul and his three co-defendants. In spite of pleas from Lord Black’s lawyers to accept a partial verdict, judge Amy St Eve ordered the nine men and three […]
The jury in the Conrad Black trial finished its sixth day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict, but even when it does, its job might not be finished if it convicts Black or any of his three former associates of fraud. The panel of nine men and three women also might decide whether Black
The influence of religious faith on the American political process cannot be underestimated. According to a Newsweek poll conducted in March, 73 per cent of Evangelical Protestants said that they believed that God created men and women in their present form within the past 10,000 years. In recent debates, four of the ten Republican candidates
The FBI is investigating letters sent to newspapers nationwide that say “Goldman Sachs. Hundreds will die. We are inside. You cannot stop us,” the bureau said Friday, but government and company officials are downplaying the threat. U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the letters were sent to 20 small to mid-size newspapers, including publications in Indiana,
London law firms are reaping record profits that confirm London’s dominance of the global legal market, according to research published today. Partners are regularly earning in excess of £1 million a year with profits per partner up by 12 per cent, the data from Legal Business magazine shows. The survey of the world’s largest law
Media baron Conrad Black’s fate is hanging in the balance, as the jury consider whether he is guilty of fraud and what the US authorities call “racketeering”. Conrad Black could go to jail for the rest of his life But while the former chief executive of the Hollinger press empire waits to hear whether he
LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – BAGHDAD — The New York Times has reported that the Iraqi Cabinet is closer to completing work on an oil law that the U.S. Congress has demanded progress on before it authorizes additional money for the war. The Cabinet approved one part of the legislative package, known officially as
President Bush knew what he was getting in 2001 when he made Reggie B. Walton one of his first picks for a seat on the federal bench: a tough-on-crime judge with a reputation for handing down stiff sentences. A former deputy drug adviser, federal prosecutor and Superior Court judge, Walton seemed a perfect fit for
President George W. Bush spared Lewis “Scooter” Libby from prison in the CIA leak case, saying his 2 1/2-year term was “excessive.” Bush acted after a U.S. appellate court today refused to let Libby, 56, stay free during his appeal. Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of lying to
Even if a U.S. jury deliberating the fate of Conrad Black decides to acquit him, the toppled media mogul is likely to spend a lot more time in court. The jury began deliberating on Wednesday on 13 counts of fraud, racketeering, obstruction, and tax violations that could imprison the 62-year-old Black for the rest of
