Government Drops Charge Against Barry Bonds

[Bloodshot Scott]

OK....one more time everyone. He's on trial for perjury, not taking steroids. You can't just blow off perjury because it was allegedly committed by Barry Bonds or Bill Clinton or whomever. It's not "piddly shit". It's a vital portion of the law as it applies to judicial protocol.

I guess some of you think it's OK to lie under oath in a legal proceeding? Sounds like it.

I'm aware of that, but I'm fairly certain the whole ordeal was started before they put all those morons on the stand. They should never have been put in front of congress to begin with (was my point).

 

[TheOrangeCat]

Baseball is serious business, I guess.

Like you'd know

FYI - anyone wants to read a good yarn about BALCO, Bonds and baseball juicers, I heartily recommend 'The Juice' ......

 

[ragincaucasian]

How much money was spent on this charade?

 

[TheOrangeCat]

How much money was spent on this charade?

I shudder to think, but it's been going on since 2003, and so far 11 people have received a total of a huge and whole 48 months in jail.

The average cost of a federal trial is estimated at $114,000, but that's across the board. throwing in Supreme Court Death Appeals with, well, petty perjury cases.

On top of that, it costs the Feds an average of $23,000 to keep one prisoner in jail for a year, so add another 50 grand to the total ....

 

[STDiva]

As usual, you're wrong Will E.



Source:

http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/t103.htm

Perjury is not necessarily treason (especially lying about getting a fucking blowjob ). It's perjury. Clinton was tried for it if you recall and was acquitted (Remember the impeachment? Talk about a witch hunt!).

The two cases have nothing to do with each other other than the perjury connection.



OK....one more time everyone. He's on trial for perjury, not taking steroids. You can't just blow off perjury because it was allegedly committed by Barry Bonds or Bill Clinton or whomever. It's not "piddly shit". It's a vital portion of the law as it applies to judicial protocol.

I guess some of you think it's OK to lie under oath in a legal proceeding? Sounds like it.

He should never have been on trial to commit perjury in the first place. Is it congress' job to maintain the integrity of baseball? Nope. It's Bud Seligs. Sports are no place for the government.

 

[Deepcover]

You forgot Richard Nixon. He perjured himself back in the Watergate days...

 

[Jagger69]

He should never have been on trial to commit perjury in the first place. Is it congress' job to maintain the integrity of baseball? Nope. It's Bud Seligs. Sports are no place for the government.

Diva....he was never on "trial to commit perjury". He was giving testimony before a grand jury that was investigating BALCO when he allegedly committed perjury. That's why he is on trial now. It's a federal offense and you or I or anyone who did the same thing that Bonds allegedly did would face the same consequences. If he would have told the truth to begin with, none of this would be happening. It really has nothing to do with sports, baseball or Bud Selig. It has to do with the law as it applies to providing testimony under oath....period.

No offense meant to you in particular but the level of ignorance about the facts and background surrounding this case that is being illustrated in this thread by a number of posters is simply mind-boggling. :surprise::surprise:

 

[Will E Worm]

As usual, you're wrong Will E.

He should never have been on trial to commit perjury in the first place. Is it congress' job to maintain the integrity of baseball? Nope. It's Bud Seligs. Sports are no place for the government.

You forgot Richard Nixon. He perjured himself back in the Watergate days...

:hatsoff: Liberals are wrong.

Again, a Star Is Prosecuted for His Unlikability

The trial of Barry Bonds has always been more than a simple case of pursuing a bad guy and proving that he lied. The chase and the subsequent trial have been as much about a baseball era driven by vanity and greed, and fueled by performance-enhancing drugs.

But the eight-year pursuit of Bonds also reflects America’s discomfort with prominent, powerful, wealthy black men.


That might seem like an incredible statement to make in a nation that elected Barack Obama as its first black president. But Obama, who has had his citizenship questioned and has been heckled by a member of Congress, has a place among men including Jack Johnson, Paul Robeson, Muhammad Ali and Bonds.

Article

Interesting...

Hank Aaron received hate mail in 1973. He did nothing but his job.

 

[Jon S.]

Bottom line...if stupid fuckers like Barry Bonds would tell the truth.....they wouldn't get in trouble and end up being prosecuted criminally. Bonds is a douchebag tool who got his panties in a bunch because everyone was sucking McGwire & Sosa's cocks back in '98, and he couldn't take someone else getting all of the attention, so he decided to not be satisfied with his natural talents...and he decided to cheat too. Fact remains that he isn't in trouble for cheating...he's in trouble for lying to the feds. Everyone knows...when you tell the truth, things usually work out better for you in the end!:2 cents:

 

[D-rock]

Congress sort of did have to get involved.
On its own, baseball literally and completely turned a blind eye to steroid usage. Bud Selig, being the usual coward, refused to do anything without an act of Congress. The player's union refused for anything to happen in order to "protect its own". The owners sure as hell weren't going to do anything - home runs are sexy and puts butts in the seats. Plus, it's a hell of a lot easier to ignore a problem, rather than to try to come up with a solution.

My problem with it is not that I don't think baseball should have made things more fair for everybody else that didn't want to use steroids and maintain the integrity of the game. As a baseball fan I think that should have happened a lot sooner than it should. My problem is that it's such a minor issue in the overall scheme of things in this country that it's not anywhere near the level that congress should get involved to the point of holding hearings about it. (Never mind that fact it could be argued like marijuana steroids are something that probably shouldn't be that illegal for adults in the first place anyhow.) These aren't serial killings, war crimes, huge economic, investment, or monetary scandals, wrongdoing by high level government officials, big businesses, or high level business executives, or anything like that. This ranks up there in importance barely above discussing what a bridge should be named yet it's treated on the level of the above things.

 

[pool_hustler]

It really has nothing to do with sports, baseball or Bud Selig. It has to do with the law as it applies to providing testimony under oath....period.

Correct.