On Eve of Sentencing, Black Says He Is Innocent
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
Conrad Black insisted on his innocence yesterday in a final act of defiance ahead of his sentencing for fraud and obstructing justice. The 63-year-old and three co-defendants will be sentenced today by Judge Amy St. Eve in the U.S. District Court in Chicago.
“Since I am, in fact, not guilty and the evidence is so flimsy, I assume reasonable people understand that it would be neither believable nor sensible if I suddenly started spouting false remorse for acts I did not commit,” Black, a former chairman of the Daily Telegraph, said.
