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The Associated Press CHICAGO -- Conrad Black, who is serving 6 1/2-year sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice in a Florida prison, has lost his bid to have a U.S. appeals court reconsider his case. The former CEO of Hollinger International, who lost an appeal of the charges in June, had asked the court to review its decision to uphold his conviction and hold a so-called "en banc hearing" in which all the actively sitting judges on the court would reconsider the case. Black and three other former Hollinger executives were found guilty of fraud in 2007 for funnelling $6.1 million from the media company. But in an order dated Aug. 13 the three judges who had rejected the men's appeal two months ago shot down the request, saying "all the judges on the original panel have voted to deny the petition." "None of the judges in... [read full story]
