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Hearing set for Black as he bids to remain free
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2011/01/13 08:56
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pWill former media mogul Conrad Black end up going back to prison?/ppA status hearing Thursday in Chicago isn't expected to answer that question definitively. But it could provide clues about what U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve's inclined to do./ppAfter serving two years of a 6 1/2-year sentence, Black was released from a Florida prison last year pending appeal./ppAn appeals court in October reversed two of the 66-year-old's fraud convictions. It cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling curtailing honest services./ppBut it let stand a fraud and obstruction of justice conviction. Judge St. Eve's options include resentencing Black or freeing him for good based on time served./ppAmong the steps she could take Thursday is scheduling a resentencing date./p
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