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Jim3k
05-01-2015, 07:13 PM
A few days ago, the Ninth Circuit reversed the trial court over Bonds' only conviction--obstruction of justice. All of the other charges resulted in 'not guilty' verdicts.

At the WaPo's legal column, Volokh Conspiracy (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/04/30/bonds-baseball-and-prosecutorial-bs/), David Post explains why the conviction on this last count should never have stood. He cites Bonds' testimony as well as the statute in question. All in clear, simple terms. He observes:


So how, exactly, was justice obstructed by his initial non-responsive answer? The prosecutors here should be ashamed of themselves for pursuing this case. Which is worse – taking PEDs so you can hit home runs, or using the power of the government to try to throw Barry Bonds in jail on the basis of that one evasive response to a prosecutor’s question?!

And will all those who think this was a good use of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS please raise your hands … I didn’t think so. Was there really nothing more valuable to society they could have been doing than prosecuting Bonds here, on these facts?



There is more, but this should be enough for now.