Barbara Amiel

Tim Boyle / BloombergConrad Black, former chairman of Hollinger International Inc., right, arrives with his wife Barbara Amiel at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a resentencing hearing in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, June, 24, 2011Sarah Boesveld  Jun 24, 2011 – 2:54 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 24, 2011 8:57 PM ET By Theresa TedescoChief Business CorespondentThe only sound that could be heard in the 12th floor courtroom in downtown Chicago immediately after Conrad Black was sentenced...Read Full Story

After the Conrad Black trial ended there was speculation in the press that he might be put away for as long as 20 years. He ended up receiving a sentence of 61/2. I think this is a fair sentence for a man of his age. With good behavior he could be looking at an earlier release.What is tragic or tragicomic (depending on your point-of-view) about this whole saga isn't just the issue of corporate misconduct, but the fact that a man with the potential to have done great things in Canada is going...Read Full Story

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Convicted former media baron Conrad Black was ordered back to prison by a U.S. judge on Friday to continue serving time on fraud counts.Judge Amy St. Eve of U.S. District Court, who sentenced Black to 6-1/2 years on fraud and obstruction of justice convictions following his 2007 trial, sentenced the 66-year-old member of Britain's House of Lords to 42 months, including the 29 months already served.Black's wife, Barbara Amiel Black, collapsed immediately after St. Eve ruled...Read Full Story

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A judge on Friday told former media tycoon Conrad Black to remain in the continental United States while he waits for an appeals court to decide whether to throw out his 2007 fraud conviction.Black was freed earlier this week on $2 million bond from a Florida prison where he had served two years of a 6-1/2-year sentence for swindling newspaper holding company Hollinger International Inc.Judge Amy St. Eve, who oversaw Black's original trial, told the 65-year-old Black that...Read Full Story

Regarding her negative comments about reporters, Barbara Amiel said:"It was a private conversation with my stepdaughter and I'm not going to confirm or deny those words," Amiel Black said."They were about specific journalists and they know who they are," said the former newspaper editor and columnist. "And I am here for more important things, I really am."Read Full Story

DOUBLE BARF ALERT - Warning .... only those with stomachs that can withstand complete bull droppings from spoiled, corrupt Right wingers like Barbara Amiel should read this post!"If ostensibly privileged defendants like us can be baselessly smeared, wrongly deprived, falsely accused, shamelessly persecuted . . . what happens to the vulnerable, the powerless, the working-class people whose savings have been eaten up trying to defend themselves?" Barbara Amiel"It's a valid point, albeit one...Read Full Story

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"Whether she's in court or not, Lady Black will be a distraction."-- Anne KingstonSeems that the Conrad Black trial is off to a very dramatic start. His wife Barbara seems to have no problem insulting reporters and the media. She's not trying to make friends...Read Full Story

Was justice served? 6.5 years for entrepreneurship- after he left or was forced to leave the media empire and stock declined to little- a phyric victory for the public at best in a lose-lose situation. At least he showed some class"We have the verdict we have and we can't retry the case," Black told St. Eves in a brief statement before the sentencing. "I have never once uttered one disrespectful word about this court, your honour, the jurors or the process." He thanked the judge for her...Read Full Story

"Barbara Amiel Black is beginning to stress out and her husband's trial has only just started, People who live in glass houses, should NOT throw stones." blogs "Buckdog" on buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com .Read Full Story