Thursday, April 14, 2011

Bonds Guilty Of Obstruction - Muddled Verdict

So the Bonds trial ended somewhat bizarrely, with only one verdict decided and that was for obstruction of justice, while the 3 charges of perjury the jury was unable to reach consensus on...word is, on the one count of lying about being injected by other people all the jurors except one felt Bonds was guilty because Kathy Hoskins saw Greg Anderson inject Barry Bonds, but the one juror said that Kathy was like family to Bonds so that left reasonable doubt in her mind.  WTF?  I can't figure that statement out but I figure she was probably bribed and thats why it was 11-1 on that one count...there was no way she was ever going to convict Bonds...

So in the end the entire trial was a waste of money and the government will have to decide if it wants to retry Bonds again and waste even more money.  Bonds of course is appealing the verdict and arguing to have the charges dropped based on the trial's conclusion and not ending in consensus.

Roger Clemens is probably got a great big smile after seeing and hearing how Bonds fared because his trial will be starting up soon and will likely be similar to Bonds' in a he said/she said type trial and the jury won't believe any one and will find Clemens not guilty due to inconclusive evidence.

The cheaters are going to get away with it...

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