SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice Wednesday, but a jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he specifically denied that he knowingly used steroids and human growth hormone.Read the rest here.
Following a 12-day trial and almost four full days of deliberation, a jury could not reach a unanimous vote on three of four counts, a messy end to a case that put the slugger in the spotlight for more than three years.
Bonds sat stone-faced through the verdict, displaying no emotion.
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So, they didn't feel there was enough evidence to convict him of knowingly using steroids?
ReplyDeleteDon't know if he did, don't care if he did. Professional Sports is big dirty business and it will walk away clean either way.
I think all drugs should be legal and sold by the government. If people want to take them let them as long as they pay into the government coffers.
I don't see how in the world it could constitute obstruction of justice - unless doubletalk and rambling are obstructive, and the government proved that Bonds rambled on purpose. I agree with the suggestion in your post that the prosecutor's failure to follow up by saying, "Excuse me, Mr. Bonds, but my question was X. Would you mind trying again to answer that question?" prevents any valid conviction here.
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