Conrad Black pursues clemency from Bush as way out

[sabra]

Source: The globe and mail

NEW YORK, TORONTO -- Conrad Black is pinning his hopes on clemency from U.S. President George W. Bush as a last-ditch effort to get out of jail early, and he wants his former publishing company to foot the legal bill.

Lawyers for the deposed press baron, who is serving a 6½-year prison sentence in Florida for fraud and obstruction of justice, recently submitted legal bills to Sun-Times Media Group, Inc., some of which referred to work done in pursuit of a clemency plea, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The sources said the company is balking at shouldering the payments, even though it has been forced by the courts to pay $117-million (U.S.) on the defence of Lord Black and other former company officials.

"We try to draw the line at outrageous things, and this is sort of one of them," said one person close to the company, once a sprawling Chicago-based newspaper empire known as Hollinger International Inc.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the president can grant "reprieves and pardons" for all offences against the United States. The president can issue a pardon or a commutation, a reduction in sentence, for any reason and at any stage in the legal process.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. I do believe it is anatomically correct to say...

That Ol' Connie has balls. Balls the size of Jupiter.

[kevinds13]

2. What a tard.

I'm reading his book on Nixon right now and he literally whitewashes every bad aspect of his political career...guess Conrad found someone to look up to.