Comments on: Barry Bonds’ lawyers argue his obstruction of justice conviction today

By: buffalomafia

buffalomafia — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:15:40 +0000

I bought steroids from Barry Bonds!

By: jessethegreat

jessethegreat — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:24:16 +0000

I would rather our tax money was spent going after real criminals. Barry’s actions didn’t effect anyone but himself. He did nothing to harm society. He may have even helped it by being one of the centerpieces in the performance enhancing drugs crack down (by shattering records; be brought the epidemic more light and attention than it otherwise would have gotten). He made sports writers across the country question the legitimacy of the records that were falling and may have saved other players from taking the same path with drugs they don’t know much about’s lasting effects will have on their futures.

Besides, hey may have been difficult for the media to deal with, but he was still a better person than Lance Armstrong.

By: garlicfriesandbaseball

garlicfriesandbaseball — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:46:55 +0000

Reblogged this on Garlicfriesandbaseball's Blog and commented: GFBB Note: Craig Calcaterra who penned this post is a lawyer and has some really intereresting comments on this case. Example: ".....the fact is, Bonds was asked a yes or no question and he answered “no. And " It is not the job of the criminal justice system to punish an evasive or non-responsive witness". If you've been following this case you'll like this article.

By: garlicfriesandbaseball

garlicfriesandbaseball — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:28:16 +0000

After a year of having the prosecutors, investigators and the kingpin in San Francisco, federal agent Jeff Novitzky climbing through Barry Bonds garbage cans, this is the only thing they could come up with???? What a freaking waste of taxpayer money.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:06:44 +0000

You are conflating the defense of accuracy with defending Bonds’ PED use. Two entirely separate subjects. Our court system is designed to try and insure accuracy when convicting someone of a crime. Double murderer O.J. Simpson walked because the prosecution did a sloppy job, not because he was innocent.

The phrase “Better ten (or a hundred or a thousand) guilty men go free than one innocent man suffer” has been repeated throughout history, from the Bible to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. In the end lowlifes like Simpson end up where they belong after all. Bonds may certainly escape any punishment from the court, but his legacy is well and truly tarnished.

By: stercuilus65

stercuilus65 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:52:45 +0000

Yet another Craig piece defending a roider? Shocked I tell you, I’m shocked!!!

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:06:52 +0000

Yep

By: lpd1964

lpd1964 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:13:27 +0000

So he answered the question, anybody think this turd didn’t use PEDS? His head was bigger than a Macy’s Thanksgiving balloon. This pleasant fellow allowed his dopey trainer to sit in a jail cell rather than do the right thing. I could go on and on but he answered the question hooray!! The sad part is Bonds was a hall of famer prior to looking like popeye. Good for Bonds-he answered the question.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:55:03 +0000

Very informative article/explanation, Craig. I’m quick to point out when I think your bias interferes with your work, so it’s only fair to acknowledge a job well done.

Bonds answered the question. Period. Railroaded with the conviction. That said, his records should bear the scarlet asterisk and should be blacklisted from the HOF in enduring perpetuity.

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:16:30 +0000

Thumbs downs courtesy of small heads!

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:17:01 +0000

The remedy, the Court concluded, lies not in a subsequent perjury prosecution but in an alert examiner who detects the unresponsiveness and persists with follow-up questions.

Which is just what the examiner did, which resulted in Binds’ “No, no” response after babbling for a minute or two about being a celebrity child and the nature of friendship as he views it.

I’ve never sat on a grand jury, but I have sat on two criminal juries. If the DA hit every witness who babbled for minute or two before answering a question with a felony rap, nobody would ever testify.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:41:52 +0000

http://www.gocomics.com/kliban/2012/11/12

By: dexterismyhero

dexterismyhero — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:22:11 +0000

His head looks much smaller now doesn’t it?

By: American of African Descent

American of African Descent — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:26:55 +0000

So then is it a bad jury instruction? Because an appellate court will overturn a conviction for a bad jury instruction much more quickly than it will overturn a conviction on sufficiency of the evidence grounds.

By: jkcalhoun

jkcalhoun — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:21:11 +0000

The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but you do not answer the prosecution’s questions promptly, they will turn all over you.

By: chill1184

chill1184 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:20:06 +0000

I hate Barry Bonds but this whole episode was nothing but a pathetic joke, just a bunch of scum sucking low life parasites (you may know them as politicians) trying to score political points.

By: dcfan4life

dcfan4life — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:18:11 +0000

Honostly, i just want this Bonds crap to end.