The lead report on the CTV News with Lloyd Robertson was about the end of the presentations of evidence and arguments in the trial itself. Conrad Black was “all smiles" when he left the courtroom today.
The reporter on this story, Lisa LaFlamme, started off with a recap and shifted to excerpts from an interview with Eddie Greenspan. During it, he noted that there have been juries who had smiled at him and convicted his client, and juries who refused to look at him and acquitted. He also said that this trial was unique, so prior probabilities aren’t that relevant.
If Conrad wins, then he walks. It’s all-but-impossible for the prosecution to appeal an acquittal.
All of the defendants, including Conrad Black, have been instructed to be at most fifteen minutes' travel time away from the courthouse. Ms. LaFlamme mentioned that the unanimity requirement may invite negotiations in the deliberation room. She ended her report by joking that Csr. Greenspan ‘hopes’ that the verdict doesn’t come down sixteen days hence, at it would fall on Friday the 13th.
[There's an associated CTV News webbed report too, with links to four video clips on the trial in the right column.]
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