Bonds Doesn't Strike Out (Completely)

flatsixes · 04-13-11, 05:43 PM

Barry Bonds, the former outfielder who hit more career home runs than anyone else in baseball history, was convicted Wednesday of a single count of obstruction of justice, but a federal jury here could not reach a verdict on the question of whether Bonds had lied about never knowingly using steroids during his career.

The conviction, rendered by a jury that listened to nearly three weeks of often graphic testimony about Bonds’s alleged steroid use, amounted to an extremely limited victory for federal prosecutors who had spent years pressing their case against Bonds, 46, in an effort to establish that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his historic career, and then lied about it under oath.

And how much did pursuing THAT empty prosecution just cost the American taxpayer, Mr. Attorney General Holder?

Sheesh.

04-13-11, 05:43 PM	#1
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Bonds Doesn't Strike Out (Completely) From The New York Times: Barry Bonds, the former outfielder who hit more career home runs than anyone else in baseball history, was convicted Wednesday of a single count of obstruction of justice, but a federal jury here could not reach a verdict on the question of whether Bonds had lied about never knowingly using steroids during his career. The conviction, rendered by a jury that listened to nearly three weeks of often graphic testimony about Bonds’s alleged steroid use, amounted to an extremely limited victory for federal prosecutors who had spent years pressing their case against Bonds, 46, in an effort to establish that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his historic career, and then lied about it under oath. And how much did pursuing THAT empty prosecution just cost the American taxpayer, Mr. Attorney General Holder? Sheesh.