He couldn't go to jail gracefully.
Conrad Black was convicted on four counts; it's hard to fight video evidence that shows him taking away evidence which a court had ordered.
Of course, his expensive lawyers will try anyway.
Trying to get him to go to jail seems to be akin to trying to stick a cat in a blender.
To pull off a sort of amusing shot at the iPhone and a bizarre online marketing campaign for blenders, anyway.
If you think that's disgraceful, you should read what the Star considers a highlight of the trial:
The trial was complex and involved arcane points of securities law and
corporate finance. The most memorable moments of the trial came when
Black, who did not testify, made statements outside the court asserting
his innocence and his wife Barbara Amiel Black called reporters
“vermin” and referred to one as a “slut.”