Barry Bonds trial goes to the jury

zendude

Total waste of time and taxpayer money. Sure he's a tool, but I think it will be hard to prove that he lied about taking steroids. I may be wrong but this case against him seems pretty weak. I honestly don't care one way or the other. He's disliked by so many fans and members of the media that he'll most likely be shunned by baseball fans forever anyway.

Brick

I heard on the News that Bonds lawyer did not call any witnesses. That can be an indication they feel the case against him is weak and no reason to allow cross examination to make their case stronger. If I remember correctly the players who " threw" the 1919 World Series were found Not Guilty in court but the Commissioner banned them anyway. If Bonds is aquitted I wonder how Selig will react. Actually if Bonds is found guilty I wonder how he will react.

goose3

I'll be shocked if he's found guilty of anything.

From the coverage I've read, which admittedly is not much, it looked like much of the "evidence" was he said/she said.

Complete waste of money.

rbdjr1

Bonds will do well in prision



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SDavid

I barely followed this case, but I read this at the tail end of an article that was posted today:


If found guilty on any charge, Bonds faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines suggest 15-20 months and earlier convictions of false testimony in the BALCO case had sentences of house arrest.


Did our government really spend all this time and money just to send Barry Bonds to his room?

hammered

Exactly.
All that time and effort and hoopla and money for a single obstruction charge and likely zero jail time.
Way to go, prosecutors.

hammered

I can't think of a better way to spend $50 million