Bonds To Be Indicted

[alaskaguy]

Bill Clinton was not found guilty of perjury. In fact he didn't he have a perjury trial. Clinton went through the impeachment process from which he was acquitted. He was then cited for contempt of court in the Paula Jones case and paid a $90,000 fine and gave up his license to practice law for a while (I believe).

Scooter Libby is the last big name found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice. Bush commuted his prison sentence.

Wonder when the charges will be filed against Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire. After all, equal justice under the law. They both testified in front of the Senate and said the same things as Bonds. Palmeiro then tested positive for steroids later.

This will be a difficult case to prove. Easy to indict. Difficult to get a guilty verdict. It is basically all grandstanding. And a big waste of time and money. By the way, I am not a fan of Barry Bonds.

The circumstances between Barry Bonds and Palmeiro and McGwire differ.

Barry Bonds provided testimony to a Grand Jury after being instructed to tell the truth. Bonds was instructed that whatever he told the grand jury could not be used to prosecute him for a crime, as long he told the truth.

 

[Stormin]

The circumstances between Barry Bonds and Palmeiro and McGwire differ.

Barry Bonds provided testimony to a Grand Jury after being instructed to tell the truth. Bonds was instructed that whatever he told the grand jury could not be used to prosecute him for a crime, as long he told the truth.

I believe that testifying before Congress under oath still constitutes perjury. Palmeiro and McGwire both testified before the Senate, I believe. And I don't know why we don't investigate Clemens. 43 years old and throwing how hard and fast? I think Roger the Rocket is doing more than situps and pushups.

 

[alaskaguy]

I believe that testifying before Congress under oath still constitutes perjury. Palmeiro and McGwire both testified before the Senate, I believe. And I don't know why we don't investigate Clemens. 43 years old and throwing how hard and fast? I think Roger the Rocket is doing more than situps and pushups.

Palmeiro was resolute in his position before Congress that he never used steriods. I thought that McGwire was rather evasive in his testimony on the steriod issue?

The government regularly goes after the big fish, offering all kinds of deals for crooks to rat on the big fish. Going after Bonds is no different. If they can put Bonds in jail that sends a strong message to every other MLB player.

I wish the NCAA worked similarly, going after the USC's of the world rather than you know who.

 

[cmoneyr]

So what team signs Barry Bonds for the 2008 baseball season?

HAHAHA! Oh seriously? Nobody.

 

[cybsball20]

And steroids are against the law. I don't think baseball has rules against murder, so does that make it ok for one team to whack another teams best player?

Steroids ARE against the law but if you are going to use that excuse you will have to punish anyone who gets any kind of offense... A first offense arrest for possesion of steroids is less than a public intox. Before this whole thing blew up steroid dealers were barely getting punished.