Thursday, June 24, 2010

Conrad Black's fraud conviction set aside

The U.S. Supreme Court set aside on Thursday the convictions of former media baron Conrad Black and two ex-colleagues for defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said for the unanimous court that the defendants had properly objected to the jury instructions at trial and can challenge those instructions on appeal. The appeals court had previously ruled the defendants had forfeited their objection to the jury instructions. Ginsburg said it will be up to the lower courts to determine whether the error in the jury instructions about the honest services law was harmless or not. Reuters

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