Supreme Court turns down Conrad Black bail request
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has turned down former media executive Conrad Black's request to be released from a Florida prison.
Black has served nearly 15 months of a 6 1/2-year prison term following his conviction in July 2007.
In early May, the high court agreed to hear an appeal from Black and two other former executives of the Hollinger International media company who were convicted in connection with payments of $5.5 million they received from a Hollinger subsidiary.
Black had asked to be released on bail pending his appeal. But Justice John Paul Stevens denied the request.
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