Bonds
Barry Bonds has been formally indicted by a Northern California grand jury. According to published reports the indictment included 4 counts of perjury and 1 count of Obstruction of Justice, stemming from Bonds telling a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.
According to ESPN, he could face 5 years in prison/3 years supervised probation for EACH count of perjury, AND 10 years in prison/3 years supervised probation for the obstruction charge, if convicted.
What do you think?
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Bonds
If this Mitchell report is worth the paper it's written on it'll show half the league was on steroids, HGH, or any number of other performance enhancers.
Here's my question...nobody believes Bonds when he says he didn't know what his trainer was giving him, but everybody believes Sheffield when he says he didn't know what he got from Bonds.
Riiiight.
Barry should have been involved in something less offensive to the American public...like say cocaine or crystal meth.
Sigh.
by HailStonz on Nov 16, 2007 8:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but....
Yes, but half the league didn't commit perjury or obstruction of justice.
"Here's my question...nobody believes Bonds when he says he didn't know what his trainer was giving him, but everybody believes Sheffield when he says he didn't know what he got from Bonds."
Who is everybody? I don't believe him, but that is not really relevant....Sheffield also didn't commit perjury.
Sounds to me like they have a pretty solid case that Bonds not only took illegal substances as allegedly proved by various tests, but that he knowingly obstructed justice and lied about it.
by secondbass on Nov 16, 2007 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bonds supporters
He lied, now the feds have proof, I couldn't be happier.
by iLukeisamazing on Nov 16, 2007 11:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Right
by 17843 on Nov 16, 2007 12:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Um, no....
by secondbass on Nov 16, 2007 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Steroids?
If he broke the law regarding steroids he would've been charged for it. The feds were merely following the smoke and caught him lying. Bonds is scum, but serving jail time for lying in an investigation is disgusting no matter who it is, especially since he actually wasn't under investigation, Anderson was.[/politics]
Now, has anyone seen a legal calendar for this thing? How likely is it to go to trial before the season? During? Or is it liable to drag on until after next season?
by 17843 on Nov 16, 2007 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Barroid
by Chipper on Nov 17, 2007 8:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Process
by 17843 on Nov 18, 2007 1:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Very good point!
by Chipper on Nov 18, 2007 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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