The media reports on the Conrad Black trial, webbed overnight and today, have dwindled to the usual Sunday fare, although in unusual flavour this Sunday:
1. A recap of the week's testimony by Ruth Dudley Edwards, webbed by the Irish Independent of Dublin, has disappointment as its theme, at the quantity and names of the no-shows to the witness stand. There seems to be a bit of blarney inserted into this peice.
2. In a column by the Chicago Sun-Times' Paige Wiser, on a recently-released list of 100 big words that every high-school graduate oughta know, Ms. Wiser puts Conrad Black in as the man most likely to know all of them.
3. The Canadian Press has issued its usual Sunday feature report on the trial's progress and where it's going. This week's, as webbed by CTV News, is entitled "Convictions in Black trial doubtful: observers." It contains the opinions of three experts: the first, assistant dean of management Rick Powers, believes that it's unlikely that Mr. Black will go to jail if convicted of anything, as "it's starting to appear that Black followed the law;" the second, former federal prosecutor Lee Dunst, remains neutral on the outcome; he only notes that it hinges upon the witness' credibility; and the third, Toronto lawyer James Morton, offers his personal opinion, "'If I was deciding at this point, I would acquit,''' and a professional opinion: that the prosecution was too distracted by the side issue of the perks.
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