Barry Bonds Found Guilty in Steroids Trial
All-time home run leader Barry Bonds and his enormous head were convicted in a Los Angeles courtroom today of obstruction of justice, as it was determined he lied to a grand jury about using steroids and human growth hormone.
The former San Franciso Giants star revealed no emotion after the verdict, which followed four days of deliberation. The jury was deadlocked on a trio of other charges.
The case stemmed from a testimony Bonds gave in 2003, during which he denied knowledge of ever receiving performance-enhancing drugs from a Bay Area lab and claimed he had no idea that personal trainer Greg Anderson injected him with anything illegal.
Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report, however, listed over 100 names of individuals who had failed drugs tests. Bonds was among them.
Federal sentencing guidelines now recommend he serve 15 to 21 months in prison, but the disgraced slugger will likely be related to home confinement instead.
[Photo: Associated Press]
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April 15th, 2011 2:36 AM
Hilton Hater.....your name says it all!!! Who cares what you and other anti-Bonds think??? You're cheap and a scumbag!!!. With you "all the way Barry"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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April 14th, 2011 12:49 PM
This whole thing stemmed from the government butting into the whole steroids in baseball scandal years ago. There were Senate hearings, player after player went in to testify. It was a huge, drawn out waste of our governments time and money that resolved nothing and the result was nothing but this trial. Why were they involved to begin with? As far as I knew illegal drug use and/or distrubition was a law enforcement issue. Bonds was not on trial for using these drugs mind you, he was on trial for lying. Does that really make sense? While I do not condone lying to a grand jury, I find the way this all came about quite suspect. Being a baseball fan I followed those endless hearings and sub-committee meetings back when they were happening. Even then I heard nothing that could explain why they were happening or what they hoped to accomplish.
As @daniel cooper pointed out there is widespread corruption among judicial officals everywhere and the government is not jumping on it but some
April 14th, 2011 4:34 AM
@daniel copper, good talk. Why bother wit a baseball player when corruption is almost eating people up? Hypocrites!
April 13th, 2011 11:25 PM
What a complete DOUCHEBAG.
April 13th, 2011 11:23 PM
CELEBRITY JUSTICE MUCH??? NO TIME IN JAIL...WHY EVEN BOTHER SPENDING WORKING PEOPLE'S HARD EARNED MONEY ON THIS LOW-LIFE??? HE SHOULD AT LEAST BE CHARGED WITH THE COST OF THE TRAIL...OH, RIGHT...HE'S A CELEBRITY...I FORGOT MYSELF!
April 13th, 2011 11:01 PM
Why the hell is the Grand Jury wasteing time with a baseball player. HE IS A BASEBALL PLAYER. Why is it that the Federal Grand Jury is not concerned with Political Corruption? Why is there no Grand jury investigation in regards to California Judges taking bribes? Not only are the Judges taking bribes but when they were exposed for taking bribes they had Polititions pass Senate bill SBX211 grating them RETRO ACTIVE IMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION for taking the bribes. Los Angeles Superior Court judges are currently getting $57,688.00 per year per judge on top of the pay and benefits they allready receive from the state. This additional money/bribes were declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL and therefor illegal under (Sturgeon v Los Angeles County) right after that decission they paid a lobbyiest to pass SBX211. Everything about SBX211 is not only illegal but also unconstitutional. (SEE) How To Disqaulify Your Judge