Former media tycoon Conrad Black’s motion for bail was granted today, according to the clerk’s office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Black may be released from jail while his fraud conviction is reviewed by an appellate court, The Globe and Mail reports. The U.S. District Court will determine the conditions of his release, according to the order granting his motion for bail.
Black, the former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Sun-Times parent company Hollinger International, was convicted of federal fraud and obstruction of justice charges in 2007. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling late last month dramatically winnowed the ‘Honest Services’ law used to prosecute Black and set aside an appeals court decision upholding his conviction.
Black has been serving his 6 1/2-year sentence at a low-security facility at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in central Florida since March, 2008.