From The Globe and Mail:

If true, the clemency option would be a bit of a climbdown for Mr. Black, as reporters Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie note here:

As some Turkish writers exercise their freedom of expression, the state has responded with a crackdown -- and there's also been a murderous backlash from some virulent nationalists.

A BBC feature on the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and what her son thinks about the 2006 contract-style killing.