Conrad Black to be resentenced

Conrad Black may be headed back to prison following a U.S. Appeals Court ruling on Friday that upheld his convictions on one of three fraud counts and obstruction of justice. Judge Richard Posner of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to the trial judge to re-sentence Black on the affirmed counts, but took what legal experts said was an extraordinary step by urging prosecutors to "wind up this protracted litigation" and not retry him.
"We are pleased that the Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions on fraud and obstruction counts and we will make our further intentions known to the District Court at the appropriate time after we have studied the opinion carefully," the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago said in a statement.