Conrad Black gets 6 1/2 years in jail A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced former media mogul Conrad Black to 6-1/2 years in prison for obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders in one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc., and ordered him to report to prison in 12 weeks. Black found guilty of criminal fraud A U.S. jury on Friday found Conrad Black guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice in a grim Friday the 13th verdict that could send the former media baron to jail for up to 35 years. Wife convicted of poisoning Marine A woman was convicted Monday of murdering her Marine husband with arsenic so she could cash in on his $250,000 life insurance policy, which friends said she used to throw wild parties and have her breasts enlarged.