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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: Barry Bonds indicted |
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| On Thursday, his very freedom was put in jeopardy when a federal grand jury indicted him on five felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges that could result in a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if he's convicted. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_bonds_indicted;_ylt=AmiO8tjPLBpm.16pz6aPu2gLMxIF
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Here are the details of the four perjury charges:
� Count 1: That Bonds gave false testimony when he said Anderson did not provide him with steroids in 2000 and 2001.
� Count 2: That Bonds was not truthful when asked if Anderson or anyone else had ever injected him with drugs.
� Count 3: That Bonds was not truthful when he said Anderson never gave him growth hormone.
� Count 4: That Bonds was not truthful when he said he did not receive the cream and the clear (or what Bonds thought to be flaxseed oil) until prior to the 2003 season.
To make these charges, the feds must have strong evidence that specifically rebuts Bonds' statements. For instance, federal agents, according to grand jury proceedings, possess doping calendars that indicate that Bonds tested positive for two anabolic steroids in November of 2000. (BALCO would routinely send out clients' blood to be tested.) So what took so long if Anderson didn't provide the tipping point? Maybe it wasn't too long. This is a federal felony indictment we're talking about. The same people who are crying "what took so long" are the same ones who would have been crying "rush to judgment" if the indictment came down in 2004. The feds don't bring an indictment unless they are rock-solid sure they have a winnable case. There is no reason to rush. Besides, the presiding U.S. attorney and the attorney general both were replaced during the investigation.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tom_verducci/11/15/bonds.indictment/index.html?eref=T1
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dutchy pink
Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: |
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That uniform is unflattering in general.
it sounds like a lot of "according to Anderson..."
Who is this Anderson fellow? |
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JAWINSEOUL
Joined: 19 Nov 2005
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Playing the race card- what a surprise.
Sorry, Barkley, people don't hate Bonds because he's black - people hate Bonds because he's a cheating arsehole. |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Just like rock n' roll, baseball is better with drugs. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| What Barry Bonds appears to have done is worse than what Pete Rose ever did. Rose didn't take steroids and neither did Hank Aaron. I know many people are taking steroids, but it is not right that Bonds broke Aaron's record under dubious circumstances. The record should be re-instated if Bonds took steroids... |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| Looks like that Ecko ball with the asterisk will make it to the Hall before Bonds himself. Scratch that - Bonds is never going to the Hall. He's finished. |
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