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"Barry Bonds is scheduled to stand trial on March 2, 2009, after pleading not guilty Friday to 14 charges of making false statements under oath about whether he used performance-enhancing drugs and one charge of obstruction of justice."

"The charges against Bonds, baseball’s career home run leader, stem from statements he made in 2003 in a federal investigation.

The 15 counts supersede last year’s five-count indictment; his defense team had challenged that indictment, and United States district Judge Susan Illston had agreed that the original five counts were “unnecessiarly cumbersome and complicated.” The government responded by filing the new indictment, but none of the counts concern different testimony than in the original charges.

For each of the 14 counts of making a false statement, Bonds faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. For the one count of obstruction of justice he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and an additional $250,000 fine.

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