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U.S. attorneys push for prison sentence for Barry Bonds
sacbee.com ^
| 12/9/11
| HOWARD MINTZ
Posted on 12/09/2011 12:47:57 PM PST by ColdOne
Federal prosecutors want home run king Barry Bonds to spend the next few seasons in prison.
In court papers filed late Thursday, government lawyers urged a federal judge to sentence Bonds to 15 months in prison for his conviction of obstructing justice by providing evasive testimony to a federal grand jury probing the BALCO steroids scandal in December 2003. Prosecutors called Bonds' denials of ever using performance enhancing drugs "patently false."
"Bonds' actions were the product of a calculated plan to obfuscate and distract the grand jury from its role in getting to the truth in the BALCO inquiry," prosecutors wrote.
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To: Sacajaweau
Perhaps Barry forgot to contribute to the other Barry’s 2012 reelection campaign!
To: ColdOne
evasive testimony to a federal grand jury So what should Corzine get for his evasive testimony to Congress?
ML/NJ
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posted on
12/09/2011 1:34:47 PM PST
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ml/nj
To: ColdOne
I am really amazed that there have not been massive protests in DC against the entire obama administration. IMHO there has been more than enough just cause.
To: brownsfan
I’m no fan of Barry Bonds, but he didn’t hurt anyone but himself. He’s not a threat to society.
I generally agree with that but...he provided false testimony to a grand jury. That's the crime in question, not the use of steroids. Our legal system requires that not lying while testifying under oath is essential, for obvious reasons. Anyone who perjures himself in a criminal trial or when providing testimony to a grand jury, should be prosecuted.
To: dfwgator
I’m not a fan either. Hell, I don’t even like baseball, but I agree with you 100%.
The time and money that have been wasted on this issue probably is mind boggling.
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posted on
12/09/2011 1:44:13 PM PST
by
Califreak
("Burnt By The Sun")
To: ColdOne
I feel safer now that Bonds is looking at jail time.
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posted on
12/09/2011 1:44:54 PM PST
by
GSWarrior
(Businessmen are more trustworthy than politicians, professors and preachers.)
To: GSWarrior
He just does not have the right connections.
To: rightwingcrazy
I think that’s a Sports Entertainer versus Leader Of The Free World sort of thing. So it's okay if some folks lie in front of a grand jury, but others it's not?
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:02:57 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: MetaThought
Bonds didn’t hurt anyone but himself. What about all the 26th (and 27th, 28th...) men who didn't make an MLB roster because they played by the rules and 8 or 9 (or more) of their teammates cheated with BALCO, led by poster boy Barry Bonds?
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:18:09 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: MetaThought
Bonds didn’t hurt anyone but himself. What about all the 26th (and 27th, 28th...) men who didn't make an MLB roster because they played by the rules and 8 or 9 (or more) of their teammates cheated with BALCO, led by poster boy Barry Bonds?
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:18:18 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Owl_Eagle
No, but the damage is much worse in one case, thus the greater fuss.
To: ColdOne
Barry Bonds
Martha Stewart
Wesley Snipes
Eric Holder
Which of these things is not like the other?...
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:55:52 PM PST
by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Sorry... couldn’t resist.
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:56:48 PM PST
by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: Signalman
Anyone who perjures himself in a criminal trial or when providing testimony to a grand jury, should be prosecuted.
Not if we have to borrow money from our grandchildren to do it, which we are (or maybe we are up to our great grandchildren now).
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