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What happens to Barry Bonds now?

Coach RichCoach Rich
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Don't really care about Barry, or baseball, but now that he has been found guilty of obstruction of justice, I'm wondering what happens to him now and how this is possible pilot for a Summer of Lance on CSpan, coming soon to a cable box near you.

Lawyers, what's the next step? Barry in an orange carrot suit picking up garbage on the side of road? 

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  • Scott AlexanderScott Alexander

    I'm disappointed that all the money spent was to get a single small-time obstruction conviction:

    sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writ...index.html

  • Paul HoughPaul Hough
    The government lost big on Barry Bonds. The "obstruction of justice" charge was laughable when you read about it...what will be the sentence for that...a $10 fine and a day of community service? My take is that this really weakens the case for going after Lance. It's just more money that wiill likely go down the drain.
  • trirebeltrirebel
    There was a motion filed to throw out the obstruction verdict and I believe the judge set it for hearing. Even if he doesn't throw it out, I don't see Barry doing much time, if any.
  • jwpicciottojwpicciotto

    The motion is an automatic filing for any administrative verdict, so don't put much faith in that filing. Maximum penalty is 5 years. It will be interesting to see what they do. Commute the sentence to get him to plea the other charges and get this thing over with, or sentence him to the max for being a jerk. This is now a about the personalities. Best thing is that his trainer is still in jail for contempt. The longer this draws out the longer his butt is stuck in jail for failure to testify.

  • GMAN 19030GMAN 19030

    As a Federal Agent myself, I find these cases to be kind of ridiculous. These are purely my personal opinion and not the opinion of the FBI or DOJ. Just had to get that disclaimer out there.



    The government spent an awful lot of money and resources to get an obstruction conviction -- which was by far the most piddily offense charged. From what I've read about the case it seemed the judge was ruling more for the defense so my guess is he sentences Bonds at the very low end of the scale and may actually downward depart. I doubt Bonds will see one second of actual cell time. He'll be fined and he will be a convicted felon. So what.



    There's a bit more teeth to the Clemens case. I still thinks it's a ridiculous waste of resources but Clemens dug his own grave. A possible Armstrong case gets a little more interesting because of all the money the USPS spent sponsoring his team. So you have the allegations that some quasi-government money was spent cheating and covering stuff up.



    I have no insight and I don't have anything to do with any of those cases. Just a casual observer.

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