After three-and-a-half days of deliberating, the jury for the Barry Bonds perjury trial has reached a verdict, but only on one out of four counts: the all-time leader in home runs has been found guilty of obstruction of justice.

 

The jury has said they are split on the other counts that Bonds was charged with and are therefore deadlocked. Three of the four counts charged Bonds with lying in front of a federal grand jury: once when he said he never knowingly got steroids from his trainer Greg Anderson, once when he denied getting HGH from Anderson, and once when he claimed that nobody but his doctors injected him.

 

The fourth count, however, was for the more benign-sounding obstruction of justice. On this, the jury agreed with the government's case that Bonds was slippery and evasive in his answers. Strange, then, that they could not agree on whether he lied to the grand jury but that they all figured he was probably being vague and stonewalling for some reason.

 

Bonds faces up to 10 years in prison on the one count but is likely to receive a far softer sentence, even as cushy as a few months of home confinement. Considering his brusque, antisocial manner and general disdain for humanity, that might be the best thing that happened to Barry in a long time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Barry-Bounds-found-guilty-on-obstruction-of-just?urn=mlb-wp2828

what a waste of time.

No wayz.

The other charges weren't dismissed...

 

I don't think...

 

 

I call mystikol87 to the stand.

Our long national nightmare is over.

What a waste of money and time.

I don't even understand how he can be convicted of obstruction of justice in this own trial when he is under no obligation to answer

Watch the judge set aside this verdict.

The other charges weren't dismissed...

 

I don't think...

 

 

I call mystikol87 to the stand.

 

 

I really don't known anything about this. The ESPN article said that the judge declared a mistrial as to the other 3 counts, but I don't know what comes next....

I don't even understand how he can be convicted of obstruction of justice in this own trial when he is under no obligation to answer

 

 

Pretty sure he was convicted of obstruction of justice in the BALCO investigation.

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

 

 

You don't get why he's guilty of a crime?

 

Obstruction of justice is a pretty serious issue. You can't deliberately fudge evidence of a crime, or do similar things which make the job of the justice system more difficult.

So now there should be no more * talk.

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

 

 

You don't get why he's guilty of a crime?

 

Obstruction of justice is a pretty serious issue. You can't deliberately fudge evidence of a crime, or do similar things which make the job of the justice system more difficult.

 

No, I mean. What was the crime to begin with?

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

 

 

You don't get why he's guilty of a crime?

 

Obstruction of justice is a pretty serious issue. You can't deliberately fudge evidence of a crime, or do similar things which make the job of the justice system more difficult.

 

No, I mean. What was the crime to begin with?

 

I misspoke. It doesn't have to be an investigation of a "crime" that you obstruct; it can be a civil case, as well. Bonds's charges, I believe, were tied to his conduct with BALCO.

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

 

 

You don't get why he's guilty of a crime?

 

Obstruction of justice is a pretty serious issue. You can't deliberately fudge evidence of a crime, or do similar things which make the job of the justice system more difficult.

 

No, I mean. What was the crime to begin with?

 

I misspoke. It doesn't have to be an investigation of a "crime" that you obstruct; it can be a civil case, as well. Bonds's charges, I believe, were tied to his conduct with BALCO.

 

I was under the impression that there was some sort of a crime committed in all of this. I mean, Congress even stepped in and started giving their opinion and sh*t.

Wrong mystikol.

 

Barry Bonds obstructed the justice of BASEBALL!!!!!1one!111!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't get it. Why is this all legally relevant to anything?

 

 

You don't get why he's guilty of a crime?

 

Obstruction of justice is a pretty serious issue. You can't deliberately fudge evidence of a crime, or do similar things which make the job of the justice system more difficult.

 

No, I mean. What was the crime to begin with?

 

I misspoke. It doesn't have to be an investigation of a "crime" that you obstruct; it can be a civil case, as well. Bonds's charges, I believe, were tied to his conduct with BALCO.

 

I was under the impression that there was some sort of a crime committed in all of this. I mean, Congress even stepped in and started giving their opinion and sh*t.

 

Obstruction of justice and perjury were the charges. He allegedly lied to a grand jury during a federal investigation regarding the BALCO training facility's connection to illegal steroids.

 

Obstruction of justice likely has a lesser burden of proof than perjury, which is why he was only convicted on that charge. The judge likely dismissed the other charges on account of the jury being unable to come to a verdict.

 

Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?

Oh ok. I didn't really follow this at all, so I was just under the impression that all of this was because they cheated :$

I don't even understand how he can be convicted of obstruction of justice in this own trial when he is under no obligation to answer

 

 

Pretty sure he was convicted of obstruction of justice in the BALCO investigation.

 

Which, if he had no immunity and it pertained to illegal substances, Bonds was not under any obligation to answer.

From what I understand, he was convicted of obstruction of justice for his reponses to the grand jury investigating his use of PEDs. He was found guilty of supposedly giving evasive answers in an effort to impede the investigation. I guess he should have taken the 5th. But if he responds, he should respond truthfully. The jury was deadlocked in the three other charges which all were that he perjured himself in the grand jury testimony. In one of the charges (perjuring himself regarding whether he received shots from anyone other than his doctor) the jury was deadlocked 11-1 in favor of guilty and in the two other charges (perjuring himself by saying he never knowingly used PEDs) the jury was deadlocked in favor of not guilty 8-4 and 9-3.

I don't even understand how he can be convicted of obstruction of justice in this own trial when he is under no obligation to answer

 

 

Pretty sure he was convicted of obstruction of justice in the BALCO investigation.

 

Which, if he had no immunity and it pertained to illegal substances, Bonds was not under any obligation to answer.

 

And as Out of the Park noted, if he did answer the questions, he is obligated to answer them truthfully. He did not have to answer them, but he did. That's the issue.

Looks like Bonds will have to get used to having things shoved into his ass other than syringes.