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The prosecution, calling Black a "flight risk", wants him imprisoned before his Nov. 30 sentencing. "We want to make sure he's there for that sentencing," [Patrick Fitzgerald] said.
"We intend to appeal," Edward Greenspan, Black's lawyer, told reporters. "Obviously we're disappointed. We came here to be acquitted of everything."Friends say Black never saw himself as guilty and, therefore, never anticipated conviction. He termed the U.S. prosecutors "Nazis", said they wore his case around their necks like "a toilet seat".See the full content of this document
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Proud Lord Crashes to Earth
Black convicted of fraud, hampering justice
By Paul GessellOTTAWA -- Like the over-reaching mythological character Icarus, businessman Conrad Black flew too close to the sun, melted his wings and fell to earth. And what a crash it was.Black was convicted in Chicago Friday...See the full content of this document
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