Conrad Black Granted Bail
Posted July 19, 2010 6:12 pm.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals has issued an order granting bail to Conrad Black.
However Black’s appeal lawyer Miguel Estrada says the former media baron has not yet been released.
Terms of his bail will be set by Chicago judge Amy St. Eve, who presided over Black’s criminal trial.
That will happen as soon as Black and his lawyer can get in front of her.
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law used to help convict Black on three counts of mail fraud had to be applied more narrowly. The ruling didn’t exonerate Black, but did give him another chance to argue against his convictions.
Black was also convicted of a more serious count of obstruction of justice that carried a 6 1/2-year sentence, which he is serving in a Florida jail.
