Author Topic: Bonds guilty (Read 775 times)

OldNatsFan · « **Topic Start:** April 13, 2011, 05:51:30 PM »

Just saw on ESPN news Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice and the other four counts were hung jury.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1:** April 13, 2011, 05:53:12 PM »

Sounds like there were some baseball fans on that jury.

mitlen · « **Reply #2:** April 13, 2011, 05:55:42 PM »

Quote from: OldNatsFan on April 13, 2011, 05:51:30 PM

Just saw on ESPN news Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice and the other four counts were hung jury.

Lawyers out there ... what does this mean?

OldNatsFan · « **Reply #3:** April 13, 2011, 06:00:09 PM »

ESPN was talking to some lawyer and he said Bonds would probably get home confinement for a few months instead of going to prison.

Once an Expos Fan · « **Reply #4:** April 13, 2011, 06:00:26 PM »

Slap on the wrist. Shocker.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #5:** April 13, 2011, 06:15:01 PM »

Bob Costas is fired up.

Imagine this:

with Costas' voice behind it. That was just on MLB Network.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #6:** April 13, 2011, 06:19:32 PM »

It's a confusing result. He was not found guilty of perjury - which was the big charge against him. Here's a decent explanation: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/13/breaking-barry-bonds-guilty-of-obstruction-of-justice-but-not-perjury-which-makes-no-sense-at-all/

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #7:** April 13, 2011, 06:21:17 PM »

And he walks. Great waste of taxpayer money and time. Can't wait to see Clemens do the same later this year.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #8:** April 13, 2011, 06:26:01 PM »

wow apparently there was one holdout juror - otherwise they would gotten more than that one guilty verdict.

the government may keep going with this (and waste more taxpayer money).

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #9:** April 13, 2011, 06:32:19 PM »

Quote from: Tyler Durden on April 13, 2011, 06:26:01 PM

wow apparently there was one holdout juror - otherwise they would gotten more than that one guilty verdict.

the government may keep going with this (and waste more taxpayer money).

That IRS agent must have had the biggest hard-on ever for Bonds. Makes you wonder if he freaked his wife or something.

mitlen · « **Reply #10:** April 13, 2011, 06:35:21 PM »

Anderson will live in the high life.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #11:** April 13, 2011, 07:02:30 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on April 13, 2011, 06:35:21 PM

Anderson will live in the high life.

Oh you know he will. How much jail time did he do again? Bonds is a scumbag but he's got to give him some major cash to not snitch on him.

JMW IV · « **Reply #12:** April 13, 2011, 08:23:30 PM »

hrm.

wonder how much that holdout Juror made off this verdict.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #13:** April 13, 2011, 09:57:23 PM »

Jury tampering made for some of the best Sopranos episodes, not to mention a heck of a Gotti trial.

NatsDad14 · « **Reply #14:** April 13, 2011, 10:13:30 PM »

Gotti was an expert at jury tampering. He was brilliant enough to realize that 5 years for jury tampering was enough of a risk rather than life in prison.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #15:** April 13, 2011, 11:17:24 PM »

In other news, people breathe air.

OldNatsFan · « **Reply #16:** April 14, 2011, 09:11:01 AM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on April 13, 2011, 07:02:30 PM

Oh you know he will. How much jail time did he do again? Bonds is a scumbag but he's got to give him some major cash to not snitch on him.

Anderson spent about 14 months in jail.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #17:** April 14, 2011, 09:13:05 AM »

Quote from: OldNatsFan on April 14, 2011, 09:11:01 AM

Anderson spent about 14 months in jail.

I bet he was treated pretty well there.

soxfan59 · « **Reply #18:** April 15, 2011, 10:57:38 AM »

Bonds simply becomes the Rod Blagojevich of MLB.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #19:** April 15, 2011, 01:00:29 PM »

Quote from: soxfan59 on April 15, 2011, 10:57:38 AM

Bonds simply becomes the Rod Blagojevich of MLB.

without the hair