Barry Bonds batting after Wesley Snipes.

[BCEagle74]

You have speed at the top and power with Bonds on the Folsom Yard Yankees.

Could be some gangbanger draft pick deals here.

[bignick33]

I doubt he will serve time on today's conviction. The other defendants didn't.

[DuchesneEast]

I dont like Binds but I never would have voted him guilty if I was on the jury, I dont consider Roids a crime. Even the DEA was against its criminilization. As for the lying to Congress, its like lying about who swiped a swedish fish to me.

[BCEagle74]

8 years and maybe 30 million so some lawyer punk can get his face on TV?

The conviction will be no jail since he had no record and might even be overturned.

You get one juror or a dream jury like OJ, you might as well roll the dice if you are the right demographic in the right area?

Bonds beat them senseless.

[cvilleagle]

If I were his attorneys, I would be very careful about challenging this conviction. I think the feds will call off the hounds since they got a conviction, but if they get this one thrown out, they may re-try him on the other charges, and it was awfully close on the "lying about being injected" charge. They may just want to live with the obstruction conviction and the community service, rather than daring the feds to have another trial.

[bignick33]

If I were his attorneys, I would be very careful about challenging this conviction. I think the feds will call off the hounds since they got a conviction, but if they get this one thrown out, they may re-try him on the other charges, and it was awfully close on the "lying about being injected" charge. They may just want to live with the obstruction conviction and the community service, rather than daring the feds to have another trial.

I think you're right. According to everything I read, even this conviction was a bit dubious and had more to do with Bonds' furtive and borderline misleading testimony than anything else. As far as the prosecutors are concerned, the victory has already likely been scored. Then again, his attorneys are likely very well-compensated so who knows.