Barry Bonds indicted

[J.R.]

FWIW the charges are not all predicated on Bond's denying the use of steroids.

Count 1 (steroids and testosterone prior to 2001 season) and Count 3 (growth hormone and testosterone prior to 2002 seaosn) deal with denial of knowing getting/discussing illegal PEDS with Anderson.

However:

Count 2 (perjury) deals with Bonds' denial he was ever injected with anything by Anderson or Anderson's associates.

Count 4 (perjury) deals with when he was given the cream by Anderson, which Bonds insisted was prior to 2003 season.

Count 5 (obstruction of justice via perjury is predicated on proof of any of the first 4 counts of perjury to a federal grand jury)

Thus he could be convicted of Counts 2, 2 and 5 without it being proven he knowingly took steroids.

[Todd Terry]

Whoever questioned Bonds in the grand jury did a terrible job of pinning him down and getting him to directly answer the questions put to him, which is very important in later proving perjury. His answers wander all over the place, and include a bunch of "not that I recalls".

I'm not saying the prosecution can't win, but from a purely legal standpoint the case looks rather flimsy, which presumably explains why it wasn't brought for many years.

[UATrewqaz]

Anyone who thinks Bonds is innocent should be tested for Crazy Pills.

[Riverman]

lol Stephen A Smith: "Race is definitely a huge factor here. It's not a coincidence this case was brought after Mark McGwire's retirement."

WTF, please permaban this clown from ESPN and all other media.

[Gregatron]

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lol Stephen A Smith: "Race is definitely a huge factor here. It's not a coincidence this case was brought after Mark McGwire's retirement."

WTF, please permaban this clown from ESPN and all other media.

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Wow, if he really said that he is a bigger moron than I thought. And I am normally sensitive to racial issues.

[PITTM]

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Anyone who thinks Bonds is innocent should be tested for Crazy Pills.

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Innocent of taking steroids or innocent of lying to the jury?

[andyfox]

One would imagine that it's the end of his baseball career and that the Giants knew it was coming.

[By-Tor]

Big deal. OJ got indicted for double-murder once...lot of good that did.


Indictment != Conviction


Call me in a year or two.

[kyleb]

i'm here, big deal. if bonds is proven to have done steroids i will be extremely... not surprised. just like i've said all along.

[owsley]

lol