Conrad Black Betting

No volume yet on Intrade, but Betus.com has taken over 3,000 bets on the trial – mostly for Black being guilty. Gambling911.com reports: “The company enlisted the aid of legal experts in order to set the odds, and doesn't expect them to change during the trial.”








Peter Worthington nails the main issue of the trial; that what Black did isn’t even a crime. He boldly speculates that Black will walk:

Conrad Black will be found not guilty, as will his four co-defendants, even more so: Ex-Hollinger execs Peter Atkinson, Jack Boultbee and Mark Kipnis.
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From what has been revealed so far — the main points in both the prosecution and defence cases, and early government witnesses — it seems charges involving racketeering, obstruction, money laundering, mail fraud, etc., are not only unwarranted but wrong.
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Besides, in the first two weeks of the trial there has been no evidence produced that clearly indicates a crime committed — and never mind the essential “beyond a reasonable doubt.” There’s just nothing.

It wouldn’t be the first time that charge has been leveled against rouge prosecutor and insufferable showboat Patty Fitzgerald.