FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2007 file photo, convicted newspaper baron Conrad Black leaves the federal building in Chicago. The Supreme Court on Monday, May 18, 2009 agreed to consider Black's appeal of his fraud conviction. Black is serving a 6 1/2 year prison term. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2007 file photo, convicted newspaper baron Conrad Black leaves the federal building in Chicago. The Supreme Court on Monday, May 18, 2009 agreed to consider Black's appeal of his fraud conviction. Black is serving a 6 1/2 year prison term.

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  1. Miguel Estrada, lawyer for Conrad Black, walks outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.

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  1. A pedestrian walks past the US Supreme Court building in Washington, December 8, 2009. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by former media baron Conrad Black and two ex-colleagues seeking to overturn their convictions for defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc.
  2. Miguel Estrada, lawyer for Conrad Black, walks outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.
  3. Miguel Estrada, lawyer for Conrad Black, talks with reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.
  4. Miguel Estrada, lawyer for Conrad Black, center, talks with reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.
  5. Miguel Estrada, lawyer for Conrad Black, talks with reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Washington.
  6. Conrad Black leaves the Derksen Federal Courthouse after being sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc. in Chicago in this December 10, 2007 file. Oral arguments in Black's appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court are set for December 8, 2009.

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